About the Authors

Thomas Stidham

presbyornis@gmail.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Rajeev Patnaik

Affiliation Department of Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Kewal Krishan

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Bahadur Singh

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Abhik Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Ankita Singla

Affiliation Department of Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Simran S. Kotla

Affiliation Department of Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TS RP KK. Formal analysis: TS. Funding acquisition: RP KK TS. Investigation: TS RP KK BS AG AS SSK. Project administration: RP KK TS. Resources: RP KK BS AG AS SSK. Visualization: TS RP. Writing – original draft: TS. Writing – review & editing: TS RP KK BS AG AS SSK.