On June 27, 2021, Harold McNair – a titan of gas chromatography – passed away. Harold was a great communicator, mentor, and teacher; and we spoke with seven of his past students, colleagues and friends to find out what lessons we can all learn from “Doc”. Elsewhere, Meriem Gaida argues that, rather than rushing to the finishing post, researchers should focus on the “four Cs” of data quality: consistency, correctness, completeness, and credibility; and find out how a new approach to radiocarbon dating has helped elucidate the age of Africa’s “tree of life”. James Strachan, Editor
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