About the Authors

Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith

matisoo-smith@otago.ac.nz (EAM-S); pierre.zalloua@lau.edu.lb (PAZ)

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Allan Wilson Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Anna L. Gosling

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Allan Wilson Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

James Boocock

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Olga Kardailsky

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Allan Wilson Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Yara Kurumilian

Affiliation School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

Sihem Roudesli-Chebbi

Affiliation National Heritage Institute, Tunis, Tunisia

Leila Badre

Affiliation Archaeological Museum, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Jean-Paul Morel

Affiliation Université d’Aix-Marseille, Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence, France

Leïla Ladjimi Sebaï

Affiliation National Heritage Institute, Tunis, Tunisia

Pierre A. Zalloua

matisoo-smith@otago.ac.nz (EAM-S); pierre.zalloua@lau.edu.lb (PAZ)

Affiliation School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAM-S ALG JB PAZ. Performed the experiments: ALG JB OK. Analyzed the data: JB ALG EAM-S. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK SR-C LB J-PM LLS. Wrote the paper: EAM-S AG JB OK YK PAZ.