Table 1 Number of recent humans for each osteological collection according to the different sub-age groups included in this study.

From: Anatomically modern human in the Châtelperronian hominin collection from the Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure, Northeast France)

Collection

Period

Highly premature individuals

Full-term individuals (perinatals)

Newborn (perinatasl)

Young children

Total

Necropolis 8B-51 of Sai island (Sudan)

1750-1500 BC

1

9

10

5

25

Church and cemetery of Saint-Ayoul de Provins (France)

XIII-XVIII century

3

7

6

4

20

Total

 

4

16

16

9

45

  1. In our analysis we consider the full-term and newborn individuals as a single sub-age group that we call perinatals (see Supplementary Information, Supplementary Fig. S2).
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