About the Authors

Shripad D. Tuljapurkar

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tulja@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Cedric O. Puleston

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Michael D. Gurven

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST. Performed the experiments: ST CP. Analyzed the data: ST CP MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG. Wrote the paper: ST CP. Other: Contributed to development of ideas: MG. Gathered and analyzed empirical data: MG. Assisted in editing: MG. Performed calculations and analysis: CP. Helped develop ideas: CP.