Early life of Neanderthals

Nava, A; Lugl, F; Romandini, M; Badino, F; Evans, D; Helbling, AH; Oxilia, G; Arrighi, S; Bortolini, E; Delpiano, D; Duches, R; Figus, C; Livraghi, A; Marciani, G; Silvestrini, S; Cipriani, A; Giovanardi, T; Pini, R; Tuniz, C; Bernardini, F; Dori, I; Coppa, A; Cristiani, E; Dean, C; Bondioli, L; Peresani, M; Muller, W; Benazzi, S

Nava, A (corresponding author), Sapienza Univ Rome, Dept Maxillofacial Sci, DANTE Diet & Ancient Technol Lab, I-00161 Rome, Italy.; Nava, A (corresponding author), Univ Kent, Sch Anthropol & Conservat, Skeletal Biol Res Ctr, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, Kent, England.; Lugl, F; Benazzi, S (corresponding author), Univ Bologna, Dept Cultural Heritage, I-48121 Ravenna, Italy.; Lugl, F (corresponding author), Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Dept Chem & Geol Sci, I-41125 Modena, Italy.; Peresani, M (corresponding author), Inst Environm Geol & Geoengn IGAG CN, I-20131 Milan, Italy.; Muller, W (corresponding author), Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Inst Geosci, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany.; Muller, W (corresponding author), Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Frankfurt Isotope & Element Res Ctr FIERCE, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany.; Peresani, M (corresponding author), Univ Ferrara, Dept Humanities, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.; Benazzi, S (corresponding author), Max Planck Inst Evolutionary Anthropol, Dept Human Evolut, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.

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