1. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, Tübingen, Germany
2. Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
3. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Applied Mineralogy, Tübingen, Germany
4. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Tübingen, Germany
5. National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
6. New York University, Center for the Study of Human Origins, New York, USA