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Impossible to read in dark mode... Question: did it really take 60 authors to write the article?
by readthenotes1 3y ago
Impossible to read in dark mode...
Question: did it really take 60 authors to write the article?
- mmmrtl 3y agoYou can see author contributions at the end. It took 5 to write it, and everyone else to get the samples, perform experiments, analyze data, etc. Pretty typical for genomics.
- jjulius 3y ago>You can see author contributions at the end. GP could probably do well to take a cue from their own username...
- readthenotes1 3y agoOf course if you read my note, you would realize that I actually could not read the paper. I can barely make out that there are so many authors...
- InitialLastName 3y agoNo, it took 60 researchers (geneticists, archaeologists, radiocarbon dating specialists) to collect and analyze the data involved in drawing a fairly sweeping conclusion involving a wide array of evidence from a large portion of the continent. They all deserve credit for their contributions, even if they didn't directly contribute in an authorial sense.
- micromacrofoot 3y agothe acknowledgments list how many of the authors contributed, if you’re curious about specifics