About the Authors

Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons

kathryn_fitzsimmons@eva.mpg.de

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

Ulrich Hambach

Affiliation Chair of Geomorphology, Laboratory for Palaeo- and Enviro-Magnetism, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

Daniel Veres

Affiliations Institute of Speleology, Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Radu Iovita

Affiliations Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution, RGZM, Neuwied, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEF UH. Performed the experiments: KEF UH DV. Analyzed the data: KEF UH DV RI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KEF UH DV RI. Wrote the paper: KEF. Assisted in writing the manuscript: UH DV RI.