About the Authors

Nizar Ibrahim

Nizar.Ibrahim@ucd.ie

Affiliation School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

David M. Unwin

Affiliation School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

David M. Martill

Affiliation School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Lahssen Baidder

Affiliation Laboratoire de Géosciences, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco

Samir Zouhri

Affiliation Laboratoire de Géosciences, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NI DU SZ. Analyzed the data: NI DU DMM LB SZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NI DMM. Wrote the paper: NI DU DMM. Organized the excavation project and participated in the excavations: NI DMM LB SZ Prepared the illustrations: NI Created the figures: LB.