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The fuxianhuiid story, or the inner workings of a paradigmatic science
Did the peer-review process become a fortress of favoured paradigms?
Were humans responsible for Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions in South America?
The central role of humans in the Quaternary megafaunal extinctions in South America have been little considered by archaeologists. Based on temporal and spatial distributions of megafauna and Fishtail spear points, we propose that humans were the main (not the unique) factor driving the collapse.