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References & source notes
The manuscript’s references, kept distinct from the website’s explanatory prose.
The list below reproduces the corrected version 2 bibliography. Unauthenticated citations were removed and bibliographic details corrected during the manuscript revision. A verified publication identity should not be confused with independent confirmation of every evolutionary inference made from it.
Verified bibliographic clarifications
The pregnancy-hair study is Nissimov and Elchalal (2003), Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 28, 525–530: publisher record. The corrected version 2 bibliography uses this publication information.
The Mussi et al. (2023) high-altitude Homo erectus paper appears in Science 382, 713–718: publisher record.
The Hubbard et al. (2016) paper is titled “Divergent Ah Receptor Ligand Selectivity during Hominin Evolution,” Molecular Biology and Evolution 33, 2648–2658: publisher record. These corrections are incorporated in the version 2 download; the existing Zenodo record is linked separately.
Coffee lineage and species timing
Salojärvi et al. (2024) report the founding polyploid event of modern Coffea arabica at approximately 350,000–610,000 years ago. This is different from the age of the wider Coffea lineage. Earlier exposure scenarios require additional botanical evidence. Primary study; author-institution record.
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