About the Authors

Ken P. Aplin

aplin.ken@gmail.com

Affiliation Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra, Australia

Hitoshi Suzuki

Affiliation Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Alejandro A. Chinen

Affiliation Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

R. Terry Chesser

Affiliation Smithsonian Institution, Division of Birds, Washington D.C., United States of America

José ten Have

Affiliation Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, Canberra, Australia

Stephen C. Donnellan

Affiliation South Australian Museum, and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Jeremy Austin

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Angela Frost

Affiliation Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra, Australia

Jean Paul Gonzalez

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Research Unit 178, Center for Vectors and Vector Diseases, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Nakhonpathom, Thailand

Vincent Herbreteau

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Research Unit 178, Center for Vectors and Vector Diseases, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Nakhonpathom, Thailand

Francois Catzeflis

Affiliation Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Phylogénie et Paléobiologie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

Julien Soubrier

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Yin-Ping Fang

Affiliation Department of Biological Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi City, Taiwan

Judith Robins

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith

Affiliation Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Amanda D. S. Bastos

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Ibnu Maryanto

Affiliation Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) & Museum Bogoriense, Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia

Martua H. Sinaga

Affiliation Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) & Museum Bogoriense, Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia

Christiane Denys

Affiliation Department of Systematics and Evolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Ronald A. Van Den Bussche

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Chris Conroy

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Kevin Rowe

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Alan Cooper

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA HS. Performed the experiments: AC JA RC JtH. Analyzed the data: KA JS RVDB AC SD JA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA AF JPG VH FC Y-PF JR EM-S AB IM MS CD CC KR. Wrote the paper: KA AC JA JS SD.