Table 1. Sample sizes and mean stature (cm) by sex in the present sample and in a larger samplea and their standard deviations.

	Men				Women
	Present sample		Larger samplea		Present sample		Larger samplea
Population	Nb	Sample height; SD	Nb	Pop height; SD	Nb	Sample height; SD	Nb	Pop height; SD
Bongo Gabonb	19	159.6; 7.1	25	159.7; 7.6	11	152.1; 4.9	19	151.2; 4.8
Baka Cameroonc	16	151.4; 4.9	182	155.6; 5.7	14	145.7; 4.5	184	146.5; 4.9
Nzimé Cameroonc	6	169.8; 7.0	42	168.5; 6.5	24	155.3; 6.6	58	155.8; 6.8

^aMean stature estimated on larger samples of the same populations by Becker et al.¹²

Anthropometric data and DNA samples gathered by:

^bP Verdu, 2006–2007.

^cA Froment, 2002–2007.