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. 2015 Feb 17;112(7):E606.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1422176112. Epub 2015 Feb 6.

Reply to Westaway et al.: Mandibular misrepresentations fail to support the invalid species Homo floresiensis

Robert B Eckhardt  1 , Maciej Henneberg  2 , Sakdapong Chavanaves  3 , Alexander S Weller  4 , Kenneth J Hsü  5
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Reply to Westaway et al.: Mandibular misrepresentations fail to support the invalid species Homo floresiensis

Robert B Eckhardt et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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