About the Authors

Stefano Benazzi

stefano_benazzi@eva.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Huynh Nhu Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Dieter Schulz

Affiliation Dental Workshop Bensheim, Private Laboratory for Training, Research and Methods, Heppenheim, Germany

Ian R. Grosse

Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Giorgio Gruppioni

Affiliation Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy

Jean-Jacques Hublin

Affiliation Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Ottmar Kullmer

Affiliation Department of Palaeoanthropology and Messel Research, Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The Dental Workshop Bensheim is a company owned by one of the co-authors (Mr. Dieter Schulz). There is no conflict of interests and this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB. Performed the experiments: SB HNN DS OK. Analyzed the data: SB HNN OK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB DS GG J-JH OK. Wrote the paper: SB HNN IRG GG J-JH OK.