Morning Must-Read: Danielle Paquette: Survival of the Fittest Might Have Actually Been Survival of the Richest

…And wealthy men apparently fathered way more babies, according to a new study… a sharp decline in genetic diversity in male lineages across the world during the Stone Age…. 456 men living in seven regions across Africa, Asia and Europe… Y chromosome… passed down through the male lineage, and the mitochondria… from an offspring’s genetic mother…. Two ancient ‘bottlenecks’…. Migration from Africa drove the first…. The rise of agriculture… likely drove the second. For every 17 women who passed on their DNA, researchers could find genetic evidence of only one male whose lineage stretched to modern times.