Facial skeleton measurements (mm) and indices (%) compared to archaic hominins (significant <i>z</i>-scores in bold).^¶

¶Fossil values in round brackets are estimates, values in square brackets estimated by measuring to the midline and doubling; above the line μ±σ(n), below the line (min.-max.); z-tests corrected for small comparative sample size; Bonferroni correction not employed as per [56]; sample abbreviations and compositions see Table 4; data sources see Text S2. *Equivalent to measurements of Howells [57] and employing his abbreviation. ‡T-test EUEHS and NEAND mean difference: one-tailed p<0.001.