Pederzani, SarahBritton, KateTrost, ManuelFewlass, HelenBourgon, NicolasMcCormack, JeremyJaouen, KlerviaDietl, HolgerDöhle, Hans JürgenKirchner, AndréLauer, TobiasLe Corre, MaelMcPherron, Shannon P.Meller, HaraldMylopotamitaki, DorotheaOrschiedt, JörgRougier, HélèneRuebens, KarenSchüler, TimSinet-Mathiot, VirginieSmith, Geoff M.Talamo, SahraTütken, ThomasWelker, FridoZavala, Elena I.Weiss, MarcelHublin, Jean Jacques2024-04-162024-04-162024-03Pederzani, S, Britton, K, Trost, M, Fewlass, H, Bourgon, N, McCormack, J, Jaouen, K, Dietl, H, Döhle, H J, Kirchner, A, Lauer, T, Le Corre, M, McPherron, S P, Meller, H, Mylopotamitaki, D, Orschiedt, J, Rougier, H, Ruebens, K, Schüler, T, Sinet-Mathiot, V, Smith, G M, Talamo, S, Tütken, T, Welker, F, Zavala, E I, Weiss, M & Hublin, J J 2024, 'Stable isotopes show Homo sapiens dispersed into cold steppes ~45,000 years ago at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 578-588. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02318-z2397-334Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2164/23248Funding Information: The re-excavation of Ilsenhöhle in Ranis was conducted by the TLDA and the MPI-EVA. We thank the TLDA and the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt—State Museum of Prehistory (LDA) for the opportunity to study the Ranis faunal material. In particular, we thank R. Hülshoff (LDA) and I. Widany (LDA) for assistance in accessing the LDA collections. We thank M. Kaniecki, L. Klausnitzer, S. Hesse and P. Dittmann (MPI-EVA) for technical assistance during stable isotope and radiocarbon sample preparation. S. Steinbrenner is thanked for technical assistance with thermal conversion elemental analysis isotope ratio mass spectrometry (TC/EA)-IRMS maintenance and EA-IRMS measurements. Thanks are also due to E. Schulz-Kornas (University of Leipzig) for assistance with identifying equid tooth positions and S. Tüpke (MPI-EVA) for conducting high-resolution photography of equid tooth specimens. We express our gratitude to J. Krause (MPI-EVA) for support during the H. sapiens specimen identification work conducted by H.R., J.O. and H.D. The stable isotope work and radiocarbon dating was funded by the Max Planck Society as part of the PhD and postdoctoral project of S.P. and by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the PALÄODIET Project (378496604) awarded to K.J. and T.T. S.P. is supported by a German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina postdoctoral fellowship (LPDS 2021-13). K.B. is supported by a Philip Leverhulme Prize from The Leverhulme Trust (PLP-2019-284). G.M.S. received funding from the European Union Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Skłodowska–Curie Grant Agreement 101027850. J.M. received funding from the DFG (Project 505905610). D.M. received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement 861389 - PUSHH.112553900engCC ArchaeologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyEuropean Research Council101027850861389Supplementary DataOSFCCJournal article10.1038/s41559-023-02318-zhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85183750956&partnerID=8YFLogxK83