About the Authors

Rasmus Liedigk

Affiliation Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany

Mouyu Yang

Affiliations Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangkou, Guizhou Province, China

Nina G. Jablonski

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Frank Momberg

Affiliation Fauna and Flora International (FFI), Myanmar Programme, Yangon, Myanmar

Thomas Geissmann

Affiliation Anthropological Institute, University Zürich-Irchel, Zürich, Switzerland

Ngwe Lwin

Affiliation Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA), Yangon, Myanmar

Tony Htin Hla

Affiliation Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA), Yangon, Myanmar

Zhijin Liu

Affiliations Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Bruce Wong

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Li Ming

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Long Yongcheng

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Kunming, China

Ya-Ping Zhang

Affiliation Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

Tilo Nadler

Affiliation Frankfurt Zoological Society, Endangered Primate Rescue Center, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam

Dietmar Zinner

Affiliation Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany

Christian Roos

croos@dpz.eu

Affiliations Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany, Gene Bank of Primates, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR. Performed the experiments: RL MY ZL CR. Analyzed the data: RL CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY NGJ FM TG NL THH ZL BW LM LY YPZ TN CR. Wrote the paper: NGJ FM DZ CR.