About the Authors

Michael Cieslak

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Genetics, Berlin, Germany

Melanie Pruvost

ludwig@izw-berlin.de (AL); melpruvost@googlemail.com (MP)

Affiliations Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Genetics, Berlin, Germany, German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany

Norbert Benecke

Affiliation German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany

Michael Hofreiter

Affiliations Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Biology, The University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

Arturo Morales

Affiliation Laboratory of Archaeozoology, Universidad Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Monika Reissmann

Affiliation Department of Breeding Biology and Molecular Genetics, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Arne Ludwig

ludwig@izw-berlin.de (AL); melpruvost@googlemail.com (MP)

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Genetics, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP NB MR MH AL. Performed the experiments: MC MP. Analyzed the data: MC MP AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB AM MH. Wrote the paper: AL MH MP. Responsible for the lab work: MC MP. Provided samples and archaeological knowledge: AM NB. Responsible for research design and statistics: AL MP MH NB. Designed the figures: MC.