[zeckalpha]

You added fluff! Concision is important. Here’s how I would put this:

> Separately, we tested overall overlap and similarities in spatial structuring among Indigenous language families and bear genetic groups using analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).

That said, I found it quite readable, though I would have liked more inline math/diagrams/maps.

[wombatmobile]

You threw away the hypothesis!

[zeckalpha]

That was in the prior paragraph, no need to restate.