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Model Predictions Are Not Tests: A Reply to Bird et al (2027)

2026-07-29

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This reply addresses Bird et al. (2027) and argues that their critique rests on a methodological confusion between prediction and test. We contend that models of Paleolithic foraging are not validated by computing their own outputs, but only by confronting their predictions with independent evidence. Applying that standard, we showed in our original paper and show here that the low ranking assigned to large prey i...

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Literature Corpus work: e036c400-4e4b-585d-8a94-a5fbe842b8b7
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202607.2102.v1

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