Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03863-y Published online 1 September 2021

In the version of this Article initially published, the department in affiliation 15 appeared incorrectly as “Geochronology and Geology, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre le Evolución Humana, Paseo de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain.” This has now been corrected to read “Geochronology and Geology, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Paseo de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain.”

Further, there was a duplication error in the Late Pleistocene lithic data and principal components analysis reported in the Supplementary Information initially published online. The error had no significant effect on the original results. A revised analysis with detailed description of the error and links to corrected and uncorrected data, scripts and replication instructions are available in the Supplementary Information accompanying this amendment, while the revised Supplementary Information appears alongside the main article. The original Article has been corrected online.

Supplementary Information is available in the online version of this Amendment.