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  1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Robyn Pickering

  2. Human Evolution Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Robyn Pickering, Terrence Ritzman & Benjamin J. Schoville

  3. The Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

    Andy I. R. Herries

  4. Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Andy I. R. Herries & David S. Strait

  5. School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Jon D. Woodhead, John C. Hellstrom, Helen E. Green & Bence Paul

  6. Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA

    Terrence Ritzman

  7. Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA

    Terrence Ritzman & David S. Strait

  8. School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Benjamin J. Schoville

  9. Evolutionary Science Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    John Hancox

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R.P. coordinated the team effort, and all authors equally contributed to the drafting and reviewing of this Reply.

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Pickering, R., Herries, A.I.R., Woodhead, J.D. et al. Reply to: Clusters of flowstone ages are not supported by statistical evidence. Nature 594, E11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03587-z

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