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Paleobiology and Taphonomy of a Middle Paleolithic Neandertal Tooth from Ciemna Cave, Southern Poland

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Acknowledgments

Dr. Erik Trinkaus provided extensive comments and comparative metrics for analyses. Initial ESEM analyses were carried out with the assistance of Dr. Katarzyna Berent at the AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Center for Materials and Nanotechnology, Kraków, Poland. Final ESEM analyses conducted at the Scientific and Technical Resources Service of the University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. The associate editor and three anonymous reviewers provided feedback that greatly improved this manuscript. To all we are grateful.

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This work was supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 No. 749188); AGAUR (Ref. 2018SGR1040 and 2018PFR-URV-B2-91) and the Polish National Science Centre (No. UMO-2014/15/B/HS3/02219 – “The Last Neanderthals in the Ciemna Cave”).

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  1. IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, 43007, Tarragona, Spain

    John C. Willman, Raquel Hernando & Marina Lozano

  2. Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), 43002, Tarragona, Spain

    John C. Willman, Raquel Hernando & Marina Lozano

  3. Institute of Archeology, Jagiellonian University, Gołębia 11, 31-007, Kraków, Poland

    Bolesław Ginter, Krzysztof Sobczyk & Paweł Valde-Nowak

  4. Archeological Museum of Kraków, Senacka 3, 31-002, Kraków, Poland

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    Krzysztof Wertz & Piotr Wojtal

  7. Department of Paleozoology, Wrocław University, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335, Wrocław, Poland

    Katarzyna Zarzecka-Szubińska

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Willman, J.C., Ginter, B., Hernando, R. et al. Paleobiology and Taphonomy of a Middle Paleolithic Neandertal Tooth from Ciemna Cave, Southern Poland. J Paleo Arch 2, 359–377 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-019-00026-4

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