About the Authors
- Kurt W. Alt
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kurt W. Alt, Marion Benz
* E-mail: altkw@uni-mainz.de
Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- Marion Benz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kurt W. Alt, Marion Benz
Affiliation Department of Near Eastern Archaeology, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
- Wolfgang Müller
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Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
- Margit E. Berner
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Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria
- Michael Schultz
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
- Tyede H. Schmidt-Schultz
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
- Corina Knipper
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Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- Hans-Georg K. Gebel
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Affiliation Department of Near Eastern Archaeology, Free University, Berlin, Germany
- Hans J. Nissen
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Affiliation Department of Near Eastern Archaeology, Free University, Berlin, Germany
- Werner Vach
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, University Medical Center, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MB KWA. Performed the experiments: KWA WM WV. Analyzed the data: MB KWA WV WM CK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KWA WM WV. Wrote the paper: MB KWA WV CK WM. Contributed basic anthropological data: MEB THSS MS. Provided ancient samples, contextual information, radiocarbon dating, and access to critical unpublished archaeological data: HJN HGKG. Provided input on the manuscript: MEB THSS MS.