Correction for Regattieri et al., A speleothem record from the Fertile Crescent covering the last deglaciation better contextualizes neolithization

Correction for “A speleothem record from the Fertile Crescent covering the last deglaciation better contextualizes neolithization,” by Eleonora Regattieri, Luca Forti, Russell N. Drysdale, Hsun-Ming Hu, Chuan-Chou Shen, Irene Cornacchia, Samuele Agostini, Ilaria Isola, Cecilia Conati Barbaro, Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, Rafal Koliński, Michael L. Griffiths, and Andrea Zerboni, which published December 1, 2025; 10.1073/pnas.2502092122 (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122, e2502092122).

The authors note that Figs. 3 and 4 appeared incorrectly. “In Fig. 3, the gray bar and the labels identifying the periods discussed in the text (YD/GS1 and BA/GS2) were incorrectly positioned. The gray bar identifying the BA should cover the interval between 14.6 and 12.7 ka, while the white interval corresponding to the YD should be positioned between 12.9 and 11.7 ka. The labels should be shifted accordingly. In Fig. 4, only the gray bars are misplaced; these bars should be aligned identically to those in Fig. 3, as they are intended to represent the same time intervals and should therefore be consistently placed for both figures.”

The authors also note that on page 6, in the first line of main text below the Fig. 4 caption, the cross-reference to “SI Appendix, Figs. S3–S6” should instead cross-reference SI Appendix, Fig. S3–6 and appear as “SI Appendix, Fig. S3–6.”

Fig. 3.

Comparison between the KR19-3 PC1_hydro and δ¹⁸O series and regional proxy records. (A) δ¹⁸O from NGRIP ice core⁷. (B) KR19-3 PC1_Hydro. (C) δ¹⁸O records from KR19-3. (D) Sibaki Cave δ¹⁸O³⁷. (E) Lake Zeribar δ¹⁸O⁴⁷. (F) Jeita Cave δ¹⁸O³⁴. (G) Soreq Cave δ¹⁸O³⁵. (H) Sofular Cave δ¹³C⁴². (I) Dim Cave δ¹⁸O³³. (J) Lake Eski Acigöl δ¹⁸O⁴⁴. (K) Lake Nar δ¹⁸O⁴⁵. (L) Lake Akgol δ¹⁸O⁴⁶. The shading highlights the GI1 interstadial and the Holocene as identified on the NGRIP record (light gray), and the subevents within GI 1 (dark gray). (BA = Bølling-Allerød; YD = Younger Dryas). See Fig. 1 for site locations.

Fig. 4.

Evidence for dust input recorded by KR19-3 during the YD chronozone. (A) KR19-3 δ¹⁸O; (B) KR19-3 ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (brown circles indicate the samples corresponding to the dust peak). (C) KR19-3 Sr concentration. (D) KR19-3 Na concentration. (E) KR19-3 Ba concentration. (F) Ti counts from Konar Sandal peat Bog [Southern Iran, KSB (60)]. (G) dust flux record from Lake Neor (61).