Saman Heydari-Guran:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7668-8804
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole:
SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Stefano Benazzi: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Sahra Talamo: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draft
Elham Ghasidian: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – original draft
Nemat Hariri: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Gregorio Oxilia: Role: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: Visualization
Samran Asiabani: Role: Visualization
Faramarz Azizi: Role: InvestigationRole: Visualization
Rahmat Naderi: Role: Investigation
Reza Safaierad:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8295-2560
Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – original draft
Jean-Jacques Hublin: Role: Methodology
Robert A. Foley: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – original draft
Marta M. Lahr: Role: Writing – original draft
David Caramelli: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
26
August
2021
Publication date Collection: 2021
Volume: 16
Issue: 8
Electronic Location Identifier: e0253708
Affiliations
[1
]
Stiftung Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann, Germany
[2
]
Department of Prehistoric Archaeology University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
[3
]
DiyarMehr Centre for Palaeolithic Research, Kermanshah, Iran
[4
]
Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
[5
]
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,
Leipzig, Germany
[6
]
Department of Chemistry G. Ciamician, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna,
Bologna, Italy
[7
]
Department of Archaeology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran
[8
]
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Bu-Ali Sina University,
Hamedan, Iran
[9
]
Department of Physical Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
[10
]
Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, Paris, France
[11
]
Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Archaeology, University
of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
University of Florence, ITALY
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-21-00463
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253708
PMC ID: 8389444
PubMed ID: 34437543
SO-VID: 3e59a006-aa25-43f4-9525-10c20d77057f
Copyright © © 2021 Heydari-Guran et al
License:
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the original author and source are credited.
Funded by:
funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft;
Award ID: 423897519
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7668-8804
Saman Heydari-Guran
Funding was provided from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Grant 423897519) to SHG.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Paleontology
Subject:
Paleoanthropology
Subject:
Archaic Humans
Subject:
Hominids
Subject:
Hominins
Subject:
Neanderthals
Subject:
Earth Sciences
Subject:
Paleontology
Subject:
Paleoanthropology
Subject:
Archaic Humans
Subject:
Hominids
Subject:
Hominins
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Neanderthals
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Social Sciences
Subject:
Anthropology
Subject:
Physical Anthropology
Subject:
Paleoanthropology
Subject:
Archaic Humans
Subject:
Hominids
Subject:
Hominins
Subject:
Neanderthals
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physical Anthropology
Subject:
Paleoanthropology
Subject:
Archaic Humans
Subject:
Hominids
Subject:
Hominins
Subject:
Neanderthals
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Paleontology
Subject:
Paleoanthropology
Subject:
Earth Sciences
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Paleontology
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Paleoanthropology
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Social Sciences
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Anthropology
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Physical Anthropology
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Paleoanthropology
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Physical Anthropology
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Paleoanthropology
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Social Sciences
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Archaeology
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Archaeological Dating
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Radioactive Carbon Dating
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Chemical Characterization
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Isotope Analysis
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Radioactive Carbon Dating
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Archaeology
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Anatomy
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Digestive System
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Teeth
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
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Teeth
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Head
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Jaw
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Teeth
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Anatomy
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Head
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Jaw
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Teeth
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Earth Sciences
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Atmospheric Science
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Climatology
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Paleoclimatology
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Paleontology
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Paleoclimatology
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Earth Sciences
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Paleontology
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Paleoclimatology
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Paleontology
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Paleoanthropology
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Lithic Technology
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Earth Sciences
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Paleontology
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Paleoanthropology
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Lithic Technology
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Social Sciences
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Anthropology
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Physical Anthropology
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Paleoanthropology
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Lithic Technology
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Physical Anthropology
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Paleoanthropology
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Lithic Technology
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Earth Sciences
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Geology
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Sediment
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Sedimentary Geology
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Sediment
