Metallic proxies remain unsuitable for assessing the mechanics of microwear formation: reply to comment on van Casteren et al. (2018)

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• ¹ Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St Louis, Campus Box 1114, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130, USA.
• ² Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Luis Clement Avenue, Building 401 Tupper Balboa Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama.
• ³ Department of Bioclinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, Safat 11310, Kuwait.
• ⁴ Saxonian Institute of Surface Mechanics SIO, Tankow 2, 18569 Ummanz/Rügen, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, PO Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait.
• ⁶ Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, PO Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait.
• ⁷ Nanotechnology Research Facility, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, PO Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait.
• ⁸ Department of Bioengineering, Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.