Table 2 Shape variance explained by size (R2) in the mandible data set.

From: The relevance of late MSA mandibles on the emergence of modern morphology in Northern Africa

 

European MP

Neanderthals

African MP

Early H. sapiens

Sub-Saharans

Iberomaurusian

Natufian

Upper Paleolithic

Holocene

Pooled

R2

0.071

0.078

0.119

0.102

0.083

0.081

0.051

0.120

0.052

0.046

p

0.99

0.43

0.81

0.67

0.094

0.24

0.38

0.055

0.01

 < 0.001

  1. MP Middle Pleistocene.