Table 1.
Extant specimens and sample sizes
| Species/populations | Sample size | Collections |
|---|---|---|
| Hylobates moloch | 9 | ZSM |
| Symphalangus syndactylus | 10 | ZSM |
| Pongo pygmaeus | 14 | ZSM, NC, UMZC, OUMNH |
| Gorilla gorilla | 31 | PCM, NHMZ, NC |
| Pan troglodytes | 30 | PCM, NHMZ, NC |
| Homo sapiens | 59 | |
| Andomanese islander | 13 | NHMP |
| Australian aboriginal | 5 | NHMP |
| Sri Lankan (Osman Hill collection) | 8 | NHMP |
| African bushwomen | 7 | NHMP |
| Industrial Briton (Spitalfields collection) | 12 | NHMP |
| Romano Briton (Poundbury collection) | 13 | NHMP |
NHMP, Department of Earth Sciences (previously Palaeontology), The Natural History Museum, London; NHMZ, Zoology Department, The Natural History Museum, London; OUMNH, Oxford University Museum of Natural History; PCM, Powell Cotton Museum, Kent; NC, Napier Collection, Department of Anthropology, University College London; UMZC, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge; ZSM, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich.