Response to Comment on "Eocene Fagaceae from Patagonia and Gondwanan legacy in Asian rainforests".

Denk et al agree that we reported the first fossil Fagaceae from the Southern Hemisphere. We appreciate their general enthusiasm for our findings, but we reject their critiques, which we find misleading and biased. The new fossils unequivocally belong to Castanopsis, and substantial evidence supports our Southern Route to Asia hypothesis.