About the Authors

Michael D. Petraglia

michael.petraglia@rlaha.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Archaeology, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Abdullah Alsharekh

Affiliations Department of Archaeology, College of Tourism & Archaeology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Higher Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Paul Breeze

Affiliation Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Chris Clarkson

Affiliation School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Rémy Crassard

Affiliation CNRS, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, France

Nick A. Drake

Affiliation Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Huw S. Groucutt

Affiliation School of Archaeology, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard Jennings

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, Connolly Building, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Adrian G. Parker

Affiliation Department of Anthropology and Geography, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ash Parton

Affiliation Department of Anthropology and Geography, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard G. Roberts

Affiliation Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Ceri Shipton

Affiliation School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Carney Matheson

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Paleo-DNA Laboratory, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada

Abdulaziz al-Omari

Affiliation The Saudi General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, Taif Antiquities Office, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Margaret-Ashley Veall

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Paleo-DNA Laboratory, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP AA. Performed the experiments: RC HG RJ AP AP RR CS AO. Analyzed the data: PB CC RC ND HG RJ RR AP AP CM CS MV. Wrote the paper: RC ND HG CM MP RR CS.