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The interview had barely begun when a link was established. “I’m U4,” she confided. “I’m U2,” he replied, adding “we share a really close direct maternal ancestor.” It’s everyday conversation for Brian M. Kemp, a molecular anthropologist who studies the genetics and migration patterns of prehistoric peoples — whose lineages typically are designated by letters […]