About the Authors

Denice Higgins

denice.higgins@adelaide.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Environment Institute, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

Adam B. Rohrlach

Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

John Kaidonis

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

Grant Townsend

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

Jeremy J. Austin

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Environment Institute, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH JK GT JA. Performed the experiments: DH. Analyzed the data: AR DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH JA AR. Wrote the paper: DH AR JA.