Can you give us the background story about this paper and why you think it's resolved a long-standing mystery in the mongoose world?

Yeah, for sure.

And I think I'm very fortunate to have two co-authors on the paper here on the call with me.

So both Charles and Kuhn are co-authors.

And so feel free to chip in, both of you, as I narrate the story.

I guess for me, it began because I grew up in...

When my family moved from Zimbabwe to Kenya, we moved to Tiguan, which is a small tea-growing area in the southern Abujares.

Can you tell us a bit more about that and the work that you're either doing or hope to do with these species?