About the Authors

Ansuya Bhandari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

ansuya12@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Richard F. Kay

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Blythe A. Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Brahma Nand Tiwari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, India

Sunil Bajpai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

Tobin Hieronymus

Roles Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.