Reply to Zeder: Maintaining a diverse scientific toolkit is not an act of faith

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Kristen J Gremillion et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.

. 2014 Jul 15;111(28):E2828.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1409072111.

No abstract available

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Particularism and the retreat from theory in the archaeology of agricultural origins.
Gremillion KJ, Barton L, Piperno DR. Gremillion KJ, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 29;111(17):6171-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1308938110. Epub 2014 Apr 21. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014. PMID: 24753601 Free PMC article.
Alternative to faith-based science.
Zeder MA. Zeder MA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jul 15;111(28):E2827. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1408209111. Epub 2014 Jun 19. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014. PMID: 24946802 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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