About the Authors

Silvia M. Bello

s.bello@nhm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Simon A. Parfitt

Affiliations Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Chris B. Stringer

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMB. Analyzed the data: SMB SAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMB SAP. Wrote the paper: SMB SAP CBS.