1 Extreme Events Research Group, Max Planck Institutes for Chemical Ecology, the Science of Human History, and Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany. hgroucutt@ice.mpg.de.
2 Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. hgroucutt@ice.mpg.de.
3 Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. hgroucutt@ice.mpg.de.
4 Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK.
5 Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
6 Pan-African Evolution Research Group, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
7 Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
8 Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, UK.
9 Centre for Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK.
10 Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
11 Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK.
12 SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
13 Extreme Events Research Group, Max Planck Institutes for Chemical Ecology, the Science of Human History, and Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
14 Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
15 Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
16 College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia.
17 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Capital Territory, Australia.
18 Geochronology and Geology, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre le Evolución Humana, Paseo de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain.
19 Human Origins and Palaeoenvironments Research Group, School of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
20 Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
21 Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.
22 Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia.
23 School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
24 Department of Archaeology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan.
25 Heritage Commission, Ministry of Culture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
26 Department of Archaeology, College of Tourism and Archaeology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
27 Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. petraglia@shh.mpg.de.
28 Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. petraglia@shh.mpg.de.
29 Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA. petraglia@shh.mpg.de.
30 School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. petraglia@shh.mpg.de.