 Perhaps precipitated by the most recent cold phase (the Würm glaciation) of the current ice age, the Baradostian was replaced by a local Epipaleolithic industry called the Zarzian culture.The Baradostian tool tradition marks the end of the Zagros Paleolithic sequence.According to M. Otte, the Baradostian of the Zagros clearly belongs to Aurignacian traditions.