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NelsonMinartoday at 1:55 AM1 replyview on HN

Every time I read about ancient DNA work, it's about Reich's research. Can anyone expert in the field shed light on that? He certainly seems to have a successful research group. And he's a good communicator, I got a lot out of his 2018 book. Who else should I be reading or reading about?


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rolphtoday at 2:19 AM

chromosomal fusion as the explanation for the "loss" of a chromosome pair, in humans.

https://www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-human-chromosome-2-fuse

also , independent confirmation of observations, are gold for research, however needless repetition of effort is not.

thus when someone is prolific,or uncannily mad about a topic it tends to be dominated by that persons submissions, and often any other contributors are on that lead researchers team.