About the Authors

Song Xing

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

María Martinón-Torres

maria.martinon.torres@gmail.com

Affiliation National Research Center on Human Evolution (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain

José María Bermúdez de Castro

Affiliation National Research Center on Human Evolution (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain

Yingqi Zhang

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

Xiaoxiao Fan

Affiliation Hexian Museum of Anhui Province, Hexian, China

Longting Zheng

Affiliation Anhui Museum, Hefei, China

Wanbo Huang

Affiliation Chongqing Three Gorges Institute of Paleoanthropology, China Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing, China

Wu Liu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMT WL. Performed the experiments: SX MMT WL. Analyzed the data: SX MMT JMBC YQZ XXF LTZ WBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SX MMT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SX MMT WL.