About the Authors

Larisa R. G. DeSantis

larisa.desantis@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Blaine W. Schubert

Affiliation Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology and Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Jessica R. Scott

Affiliation Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Peter S. Ungar

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LRGD BWS PSU. Performed the experiments: LRGD BWS JRS. Analyzed the data: LRGD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSU. Wrote the paper: LRGD. Provided intellectual and editorial comments: LRGD BWS JRS PSU.