About the Authors

Michael Coquerelle

michael.coquerelle@mncn.csic.es

Affiliations Paleoanthropology group, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain, Department of Stomatology, University Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcon, Spain

Juan Carlos Prados-Frutos

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, University Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcon, Spain

Rosa Rojo

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, University Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcon, Spain

Philipp Mitteroecker

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Markus Bastir

Affiliation Paleoanthropology group, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

With respect to the journal requirements concerning the commercial source of funding “Catedra dental implants and biomaterials SA”, the authors would like to confirm that 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: MC JCP-F MB. Performed the experiments: MC JCP-F RR PM MB. Analyzed the data: MC RR PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC JCP-F RR PM. Wrote the manuscript: MC JCP-F PM MB.