This FTP contains the following data: *Ancestral_Alleles/ -Reconstruction of the ancestral variants during great ape evolution. *Mitochondria/ -Complete mitochondria reconstruction. *VCFs/ -Variation data from 79 great ape samples. Further information on any of these data can be found in the Supplementary Information of the study (doi:10.1038/nature12228). Javier Prado-Martinez July 2nd 2013