“…When we submitted our manuscript (Pyron and Burbrink, ) on 2 May 2013, I did not anticipate how controversially it would be received, or the magnitude of the response. Articles in this issue (Blackburn, ,b; Duchêne and Lanfear, ; Griffith et al, ; King and Lee, ; Shine, ; Stewart, ; Wright et al, ) and in other journals (King and Lee, ) have re‐examined our data, analyses, and conclusions, drawing a wide range of inferences. Our summary (Pyron and Burbrink, ) was written before any of the responses appeared, and merely gives an overview of our original conclusions, with some suggestions for future research.…”