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. 1999 Feb 16;96(4):1805–1809. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.4.1805

Table 1.

Frequency of internal nasal rim (crista turbinalis) and Stage 5 narial margin*

Sample n Crista turbinalis, % Stage 5, %
Non-Neandertal, Archaic 18 94.4 0.0
Neandertals 20 76.9 65.0
European, Early Modern 21 66.8 4.8
European, Late Modern 19 57.9 0.0
Western European, recent 112 60.8 18.8
Central European, recent 109 46.9 2.8
Near Eastern, recent 72 40.4 11.1
North African, Mesolithic 68 55.9 11.8
North African, recent 68 50.1 5.9
African, Early Holocene 9 77.7 0.0
African Bantu, recent 119 82.7 15.1
African Khoisan, recent 43 86.1 7.0
*

The terminology follows Gower’s nomenclature (10); the data are from ref. 7