# Monologue: Out-of-Africa is not dead but hybridization lives Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/razib-khan-s-unsupervised-learning-4024133/monologue-out-of-africa-is-not-dead-but-hybridization-lives Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/razib-khan-s-unsupervised-learning-4024133/monologue-out-of-africa-is-not-dead-but-hybridization-lives.md Podcast: [Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/razib-khan-s-unsupervised-learning-4024133) Published: 2026-03-23T16:25:47+00:00 Episode link: https://www.razibkhan.com/p/monlogue-out-of-africa-is-not-dead Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191881084/23b5873ba1b89d196c65907a9bfb341f.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/razib-khan-s-unsupervised-learning-4024133/episodes/monologue-out-of-africa-is-not-dead-but-hybridization-lives Duration seconds: 901 ## Resource This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode Razib talks about where we are when it comes to “Out-of-Africa,” Neanderthal origins and the broader state of understanding the dynamics of Homo evolution. Cited: * Hypothesis: A modern human range expansion ~300,000 years ago explains Neandertal origins * Did Levallois tools make Neanderthals human? * Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/razib-khan-s-unsupervised-learning-4024133/episodes/monologue-out-of-africa-is-not-dead-but-hybridization-lives/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/razib-khan-s-unsupervised-learning-4024133/monologue-out-of-africa-is-not-dead-but-hybridization-lives.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.