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Leigh (editor), Program of the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists April 15–18, 2020, p. 312. Los Angeles: American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Wood, T.C. 2021. Baraminology by cluster analysis: A response to Reeves. Answers Research Journal 14:283–302. Wood, T.C., and P.S. Brummel. 2023. Postcranial characters for analyzing hominin relationships and adaptations. Retrieved April 28, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tb2rbp05f. THE AUTHORS Todd Charles Wood is a researcher, teacher, and lecturer with twenty years’ experience working in young-age creationism. He is especially known for his studies of created kinds and fossil hominins. He is currently president of Core Academy of Science and resides in Dayton, Tennessee, home of the Scopes Trial. PS Brummel is a student and hominin fossil aficionado. He was awarded the 2022 Sanders Scholarship from Core Academy of Science. He currently resides in Indiana. 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