About the Authors

Tao Chen

Affiliations The Lab of Human Evolution, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yan Wu

Affiliations The Lab of Human Evolution, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yongbing Zhang

Affiliation Academia Turfanica of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Turpan, China

Bo Wang

Affiliation Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum, Urumchi, China

Yaowu Hu

Affiliations The Lab of Human Evolution, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Changsui Wang

Affiliations The Lab of Human Evolution, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Hongen Jiang

jianghongen@gucas.ac.cn

Affiliations The Lab of Human Evolution, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TC CW HJ. Performed the experiments: TC HJ. Analyzed the data: TC YW YZ BW YH CW HJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC YZ BW YH CW HJ. Wrote the paper: TC YH CW HJ.