About the Authors

Ruth Bollongino

bollongi@uni-mainz.de

Affiliations Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, CNRS, Muséum national d´Histoire Naturelle, Département Ecologie et gestion de la Biodiversité, USM 303, Archéozoologie, CP 56, Paris, France

Julia Elsner

Affiliation Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Jean-Denis Vigne

Affiliation CNRS, Muséum national d´Histoire Naturelle, Département Ecologie et gestion de la Biodiversité, USM 303, Archéozoologie, CP 56, Paris, France

Joachim Burger

Affiliation Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB JB. Performed the experiments: JE. Analyzed the data: RB JE JB. Wrote the paper: RB JDV JB.