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Phylogeny of the elves illustrates why we need to sample elf DNA immediately
Last year for Christmas Eve, Dominic Evangelista reconstructed the evolutionary history of elves and elf-like fantasy creatures in a tour-de-force of nerd crossover. Seriously, go read that piece if you haven’t. It has an alternate abstract in Elvish. As with … Continue reading →
Posted in DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, primates, species delimitation
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Tagged elves, legend, myth, orcs, pixies, things that should not have been forgotten
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