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. 2010 Oct 27;365(1556):3355–3363. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0086

Table 2.

Sample sizes and dimorphism statistics for individual metrics measured directly from chimpanzee, human and gorilla specimens. Metrics are explained in table 1.

species HHD OLCB CAPD RHD ULB FHD TRCD FNEKH GSTB CNDC PRXTB DSTTB FIBD TALUS GMEAN
chimpanzees
 male (n) 23 23 23 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 19 18
 female (n) 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 24
 CV 6.64 9.42 9.49 6.65 9.03 6.48 7.80 7.27 7.31 7.40 5.98 8.20 6.72 6.23 5.32
 actual DM 1.066 1.073 1.090 1.038 1.059 1.049 1.054 1.032 1.029 1.036 1.041 1.003 1.052 1.029 1.043
 BDI 1.115 1.163 1.165 1.113 1.155 1.114 1.133 1.123 1.126 1.127 1.103 1.147 1.110 1.106 1.093
 difference 0.049 0.090 0.075 0.075 0.096 0.065 0.079 0.091 0.097 0.091 0.062 0.144 0.058 0.077 0.050
humans
 male (n) 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
 female (n) 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
 CV 8.92 11.08 9.17 8.87 13.07 8.81 9.64 11.00 8.67 10.17 7.73 12.07 9.67 8.02 8.02
 actual DM 1.170 1.176 1.124 1.151 1.203 1.157 1.142 1.178 1.100 1.173 1.134 1.183 1.116 1.135 1.151
 BDI 1.169 1.202 1.161 1.160 1.237 1.161 1.165 1.199 1.151 1.186 1.140 1.214 1.166 1.141 1.153
 difference −0.001 0.026 0.037 0.009 0.034 0.004 0.023 0.021 0.051 0.013 0.006 0.031 0.050 0.006 0.002
gorillas
 male (n) 24 25 25 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 23 21 19
 female (n) 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 22 22
 CV 14.92 18.09 15.02 14.60 16.74 12.66 12.66 14.00 14.98 14.23 13.62 13.80 16.06 10.98 13.29
 actual DM 1.325 1.390 1.300 1.296 1.324 1.258 1.225 1.258 1.297 1.275 1.279 1.257 1.330 1.208 1.279
 BDI 1.305 1.378 1.297 1.290 1.324 1.252 1.242 1.268 1.299 1.284 1.271 1.259 1.325 1.208 1.264
 difference −0.020 −0.012 −0.003 −0.006 0.000 −0.006 −0.003 0.010 0.002 0.009 −0.008 0.002 −0.005 0.000 −0.015