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On iNaturalist, a Homo sapiens species would automatically be marked as "casual" meaning its not eligible to be a "research-grade" observation

Anyhow species that were first photographed outside of iNaturalist would not be eligible for this project. It is possible however to upload an observation that happened many years ago (even before iNaturalist existed)

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>Anyhow species that were first photographed outside of iNaturalist would not be eligible...

To clarify, it would be eligible if the photograph has not been published (i.e. made available publicly outside of iNat) and you own the license.

If you had taken the first-known pics of an animal a few decades ago, and posted them on Facebook earlier, you can still add them to this project, as they fulfill all the technical requirements.

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