Kostas Kampourakis
@kampourakisk.bsky.social
Author and editor of books intended to help non-experts understand science. Interested in anything about evolution, development, heredity and nature of science.
A nice coincidence! The Greek and the Turkish edition of my book Ancestry Reimagined are being published a few weeks apart. I hope the message is clear: we are all family, there are no pure ethnicities! Geographic neighbors are also close relatives, in relative terms.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A nice coincidence! The Greek and the Turkish edition of my book Ancestry Reimagined are being published a few weeks apart. I hope the message is clear: we are all family, there are no pure ethnicities! Geographic neighbors are also close relatives, in relative terms.
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All about why we get Mendel wrong and why it matters. Watch the video where I explain the issues, or read excepts from several book reviews.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
All about why we get Mendel wrong and why it matters. Watch the video where I explain the issues, or read excepts from several book reviews.
kampourakis.com/how-we-get-m...
kampourakis.com/how-we-get-m...
Here is the Greek edition of my book Ancestry Reimagined. If you happen to be in Athens, Greece, on November 3, there will be a book discussion at the publisher's main bookstore. More info to come.
cup.gr/book/ethniki...
cup.gr/book/ethniki...
October 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Here is the Greek edition of my book Ancestry Reimagined. If you happen to be in Athens, Greece, on November 3, there will be a book discussion at the publisher's main bookstore. More info to come.
cup.gr/book/ethniki...
cup.gr/book/ethniki...
Why studies about reconstructing the past based on contemporary DNA makes me think of the streetlight effect
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September 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Why studies about reconstructing the past based on contemporary DNA makes me think of the streetlight effect
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open.substack.com/pub/kostaska...
Check out my latest book Trusting Science, using the attached 30% discount code, and let me know what you think!
September 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Check out my latest book Trusting Science, using the attached 30% discount code, and let me know what you think!
Excited to participate in this very interesting conference: zasb.unibas.ch/de/veranstal...
September 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Excited to participate in this very interesting conference: zasb.unibas.ch/de/veranstal...
And here is access to a chapter:
August 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
And here is access to a chapter:
For those interested in my latest book, Trusting Science, here is a 30% discount code:
August 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
For those interested in my latest book, Trusting Science, here is a 30% discount code:
Copies received! And it looks perfect! Always feels like the first time. Take a look when you have the chance.
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July 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Copies received! And it looks perfect! Always feels like the first time. Take a look when you have the chance.
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A nice review of Darwin Mythology by Douglas Allchin in The Quarterly Review of Biology (no access required to read online).
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A nice review of Darwin Mythology by Douglas Allchin in The Quarterly Review of Biology (no access required to read online).
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
May 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
PUBLISHED!!!
My new book, Trusting Science, is now available in the USA. Hope you get a copy and enjoy reading it! (check below for a discount code).
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My new book, Trusting Science, is now available in the USA. Hope you get a copy and enjoy reading it! (check below for a discount code).
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May 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
PUBLISHED!!!
My new book, Trusting Science, is now available in the USA. Hope you get a copy and enjoy reading it! (check below for a discount code).
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My new book, Trusting Science, is now available in the USA. Hope you get a copy and enjoy reading it! (check below for a discount code).
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We are hiring a PhD student to work on my SNSF project! The ideal candidate should have a range of skills, from biology to programming, and should also be ready to work in a multilingual environment (which is why the announcement is in French).
Here is the job call: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Here is the job call: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
April 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We are hiring a PhD student to work on my SNSF project! The ideal candidate should have a range of skills, from biology to programming, and should also be ready to work in a multilingual environment (which is why the announcement is in French).
Here is the job call: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Here is the job call: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
A substack post on my recently funded research project. What it is about and what we will do.
kostaskampourakis.substack.com/p/how-do-pre...
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April 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A substack post on my recently funded research project. What it is about and what we will do.
kostaskampourakis.substack.com/p/how-do-pre...
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Some great news to share: my research project "How Do Pre-Service Biology Teachers in Switzerland Construe Key Evolution Concepts? An Empirical Study of Conceptualizations" has been approved and will be funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social.
A great opportunity to be able to work on this project!
A great opportunity to be able to work on this project!
March 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Some great news to share: my research project "How Do Pre-Service Biology Teachers in Switzerland Construe Key Evolution Concepts? An Empirical Study of Conceptualizations" has been approved and will be funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social.
A great opportunity to be able to work on this project!
A great opportunity to be able to work on this project!
Just published!
"The problems with genetic essentialism, determinism, and reductionism."
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"The problems with genetic essentialism, determinism, and reductionism."
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March 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Just published!
"The problems with genetic essentialism, determinism, and reductionism."
karger.com/hde/article-...
"The problems with genetic essentialism, determinism, and reductionism."
karger.com/hde/article-...
Great essay, just adding a reference to it.
People Are Not Peas
BY ELAINE GUEVARA
The decades out-of-date genetics curricula taught in most U.S. schools stokes misconceptions about race and human diversity.
www.americanscientist.org/article/peop...
People Are Not Peas
BY ELAINE GUEVARA
The decades out-of-date genetics curricula taught in most U.S. schools stokes misconceptions about race and human diversity.
www.americanscientist.org/article/peop...
March 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Great essay, just adding a reference to it.
People Are Not Peas
BY ELAINE GUEVARA
The decades out-of-date genetics curricula taught in most U.S. schools stokes misconceptions about race and human diversity.
www.americanscientist.org/article/peop...
People Are Not Peas
BY ELAINE GUEVARA
The decades out-of-date genetics curricula taught in most U.S. schools stokes misconceptions about race and human diversity.
www.americanscientist.org/article/peop...
February 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Everything that you need to know and understanding about DNA and ancestry (and DNA ancestry testing) is here: kampourakis.com/ancestry-rei...
This book becomes more and more relevant with the hype of some aDNA studies.
This book becomes more and more relevant with the hype of some aDNA studies.
February 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Everything that you need to know and understanding about DNA and ancestry (and DNA ancestry testing) is here: kampourakis.com/ancestry-rei...
This book becomes more and more relevant with the hype of some aDNA studies.
This book becomes more and more relevant with the hype of some aDNA studies.
Just received my copy of this fascinating book! The most concise and richest history of eugenics!
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February 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just received my copy of this fascinating book! The most concise and richest history of eugenics!
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Already available for pre-order with a 30% discount!
February 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Already available for pre-order with a 30% discount!
February 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The complete argument against the teaching of naive Mendelian genetics in schools:
kampourakis.com/how-we-get-m...
And here is the short version: cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/earl...
kampourakis.com/how-we-get-m...
And here is the short version: cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/earl...
January 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The complete argument against the teaching of naive Mendelian genetics in schools:
kampourakis.com/how-we-get-m...
And here is the short version: cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/earl...
kampourakis.com/how-we-get-m...
And here is the short version: cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Instead of bombarding students with science content knowledge, a better goal for science education would be to help them understand how science operates, and when they can trust scientific claims. Check out the heuristic tool from my new book Trusting Science.
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January 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Instead of bombarding students with science content knowledge, a better goal for science education would be to help them understand how science operates, and when they can trust scientific claims. Check out the heuristic tool from my new book Trusting Science.
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