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Edited by Nina G. Jablonski, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Richard G. Klein January 31, 2019 (received for review September 6, 2018)
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- D. Tab Rasmussena,1,
- Anthony R. Frisciab,
- Mercedes Gutierrezc,
- John Kappelmand,e,2,
- Ellen R. Millerf,
- Samuel Mutetig,
- Dawn Reynosoh,
- James B. Rossiei,
- Terry L. Spellh,
- Neil J. Taborj,
- Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordeschk,3,
- Bonnie F. Jacobsj,
- Benson Kyongog,
- Mathew Macharwasg, and
- Francis Muchemig
- aDepartment of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899;
- bDepartment of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7246;
- cDepartment of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455;
- dDepartment of Anthropology, The University of Texas,Austin, TX 78712;
- eDepartment of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712;
- fDepartment of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27109-7807;
- gPalaeontology Section, National Museums of Kenya, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya;
- hDepartment of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010;
- iDepartment of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794;
- jRoy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395;
- kDepartment of Geological Sciences, Ohio State University, Athens, OH 45701-2979
Edited by Nina G. Jablonski, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Richard G. Klein January 31, 2019 (received for review September 6, 2018)
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↵1Deceased August 7, 2014.
- ↵2To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: jkappelman{at}austin.utexas.edu.
↵3Deceased May 17, 2016.
Author contributions: D.T.R., M.G., and J.K. designed research; D.T.R., A.R.F., M.G., J.K., E.R.M., S.M., D.R., J.B.R., T.L.S., N.J.T., E.G.-K., B.F.J., B.K., M.M., and F.M. performed research; D.T.R., M.G., J.K., E.R.M., D.R., J.B.R., T.L.S., and N.J.T. analyzed data; and D.T.R., A.R.F., M.G., J.K., E.R.M., D.R., J.B.R., T.L.S., N.J.T., and B.F.J. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. N.G.J. is a guest editor invited by the Editorial Board.
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1815423116/-/DCSupplemental.
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