Who Would Care about the Science? Critique of the Paper by Gündemir et al. (2023), with Comments on Peer Review Responsibility.

This article presents critique of the most important errors and flaws of the recently published article by Gündemir et al. entitled "Shape differences of the Carina sterni in birds of various locomotion types". Numerous problems arise, including study design, statistical approach, interpretation of the results and others. It also raises the question on the responsibility of editors, reviewers and erosion of ethos of science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]