Svante Paabo didn't say what I suggested he said. Perhaps

Dr. Thomas Mailund has posted a YouTube interview of Svante Paabo. Looks like the previous post was off-base, though I'm not really totally sure.

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It sounded to me like he was being super-careful not to pre-empt the release of the results, to the point of saying nothing at all. I guess we'll just have to be patient.

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