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- Corrections. Human evolution moves fast and mistakes happen. Point us to a source and we'll fix errors and note the update.
- Questions. Curious how we clustered the ancient-DNA samples, or why a species sits where it does on the tree? Ask away.
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- Press & collaboration. Happy to talk about the project and how it's built.
Response time
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