About the Authors

Anna Shevchenko

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Shevchenko, Yimin Yang

Affiliation MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

Yimin Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Shevchenko, Yimin Yang

Affiliations Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China

Andrea Knaust

Affiliation MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

Jean-Marc Verbavatz

Current address: Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS/Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France

Affiliation MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

Huijuan Mai

Affiliations Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China

Bo Wang

Affiliation Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum, Ürümchi, PR China

Changsui Wang

shevchenko@mpi-cbg.de (AS); cswang@ucas.ac.cn (CW)

Affiliations Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China

Andrej Shevchenko

shevchenko@mpi-cbg.de (AS); cswang@ucas.ac.cn (CW)

Affiliation MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: Anna Shevchenko YY CW Andrej Shevchenko. Formal analysis: Anna Shevchenko AK JMV. Funding acquisition: YY CW Andrej Shevchenko. Investigation: Anna Shevchenko YY AK JMV. Methodology: Anna Shevchenko AK JMV Andrej Shevchenko. Project administration: YY CW Andrej Shevchenko. Resources: YY HM BW CW. Supervision: CW Andrej Shevchenko. Visualization: Anna Shevchenko YY AK JMV. Writing – original draft: Anna Shevchenko YY CW Andrej Shevchenko.