[Update 3/6/2018 6:06 AM: The main author of the study admitted to some large mistakes in methodology, throwing off all the results. (inc.com)
Contrastingly, very harmful mutations are found at similar frequencies in all individuals of the world, as if there was a maximum threshold any individual can stand,» says Stephan Peischl, a SIB member from Bern, and one of the main authors of the study. (sciencedaily.com)
«We have confirmed this earlier appearance of the Iberian lynx based on initial molecular studies that estimate the emergence of this feline during the Early Pleistocene in the Iberian Peninsula,» asserts Alberto Boscaini, a researcher at the Miquel Crusafont Catalan Institute of Palaeontology (ICP) and the main author of this study published by Quaternary Science Reviews. (sciencedaily.com)