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  Mon Nov 3 08:03:14 2025 -0800
adding ancient dna track, refs #36592

diff --git src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/hg38/ancient.ra src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/hg38/ancient.ra
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+track ancient
+shortLabel Ancient Hominids
+longLabel Ancient Hominid DNA Variants
+group varRep
+type bed 12
+visibility hide
+superTrack on
+
+        track denisovan
+        shortLabel Arcseqhub Denisovan
+        longLabel Arcseqhub Denisovan VCF Variants
+        parent ancient on
+        bigDataUrl /gbdb/hg38/ancient/denisovan.hg38.vcf.gz
+        visibility pack
+        type vcfTabix
+        hapClusterEnabled true
+
+        track neanderthal
+        shortLabel Arcseqhub Neanderthal
+        longLabel Arcseqhub Neanderthal VCF Variants
+        parent ancient on
+        bigDataUrl /gbdb/hg38/ancient/neanderthal.hg38.vcf.gz
+        visibility pack
+        type vcfTabix
+        hapClusterEnabled true