Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence : a comment on Cozzuol et al . ( 2013 )
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Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, West 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA (RSV) Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, NHB 390, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA (KMH) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, and J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA (SAJ)
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