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The peripatetic fossils: part 2

Nature volume 341, pages 11–12 (1989)Cite this article

On 20 April 1989 Nature published an article by Dr John Talent accusing "one Indian scientist" of corrupting the palaeontological literature on the Himalayas. Below, that scientist — Professor V. J. Gupta — replies. On pp.13–16 appear four other articles, each of them prompted by the appearance in print of Talent's allegations.

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