North American overkill continued?
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Fiedel and Haynes misrepresent many of the arguments we have made concerning the overkill hypothesis. We clarify some of these mischaracterizations and call attention to some of the factual and logical errors in their paper. 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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