Table 3. Summary statistics for mean percent directional asymmetries (%DA) by time period and sex.
| Time Period | Site | Sex | Percent directional asymmetry (%DA) | |||||||
| TA | J | Max Length | ||||||||
| N | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |||
| NEOLITHIC | Vedrovice | M | 5 | 6.78 | 3.92 | 14.06 | 8.24 | 3 | 1.08 | 0.27 |
| F | 11 | 3.86 | 5.55 | 7.83 | 11.0 | 7 | 1.23 | 1.74 | ||
| Nitra Horné Krškany | M | 8 | 6.40 | 6.91 | 12.37 | 13.40 | 6 | 0.74 | 1.27 | |
| F | 4 | 1.33 | 2.56 | 1.46 | 3.26 | 4 | 1.26 | 0.73 | ||
| Schwetzingen | M | 7 | 3.84 | 1.94 | 7.07 | 3.40 | 3 | −0.38 | 0.67 | |
| F | 3 | 5.94 | 1.66 | 11.87 | 3.43 | 4 | 1.15 | 1.58 | ||
| Stuttgart-Mühlhausen | M | 12 | 3.98 | 3.52 | 7.55 | 6.80 | 12 | 0.93 | 0.90 | |
| F | 7 | 5.13 | 1.33 | 10.50 | 2.77 | 10 | 1.73 | 1.21 | ||
| Polgár-Ferenci-hát | M | 6 | 3.77 | 7.96 | 7.58 | 15.49 | 6 | 0.36 | 0.82 | |
| F | 2 | 2.04 | 5.53 | 4.17 | 8.78 | 2 | 2.08 | 3.44 | ||
| Hrtkovci-Gomolava | M | 10 | 7.41 | 3.95 | 14.38 | 7.99 | 11 | 1.10 | 1.01 | |
| F | 1 | 5.94 | - | 12.23 | - | 1 | 2.49 | - | ||
| BRONZE AGE | Brno-Tuřany | M | 7 | 9.61 | 4.41 | 19.16 | 8.54 | 5 | 1.09 | 0.70 |
| F | 5 | 0.99 | 4.31 | 2.14 | 8.32 | 3 | 1.90 | 1.61 | ||
| Polgár Kenderfold | M | 4 | 4.49 | 2.47 | 8.78 | 4.88 | 10 | 0.65 | 0.86 | |
| F | 4 | −0.56 | 2.19 | −0.84 | 4.34 | 4 | 2.68 | 1.04 | ||
| Ostojićevo | M | 13 | 4.36 | 4.14 | 8.79 | 8.36 | 11 | 0.65 | 0.53 | |
| F | 16 | 2.41 | 3.49 | 4.85 | 6.83 | 14 | 1.97 | 1.52 | ||
| IRON AGE | Hrtkovci-Gomolava | M | 3 | 5.58 | 4.62 | 10.88 | 9.41 | 3 | 2.76 | 0.73 |
| F | 9 | 3.83 | 4.10 | 7.61 | 8.39 | 7 | 1.72 | 1.29 | ||
| Brno-Maloměřice | M | 3 | 5.96 | 6.50 | 12.40 | 12.51 | 1 | 3.29 | - | |
| F | 3 | 8.33 | 5.99 | 16.63 | 10.9 | 0 | - | - | ||
| Tápiószele | M | 4 | 5.08 | 5.07 | 9.70 | 10.26 | 2 | 1.10 | 0.68 | |
| F | 4 | 3.56 | 1.80 | 6.69 | 3.71 | 5 | 2.04 | 1.73 | ||
M = male; F = female; N = number of paired humeri; Max Length = maximum bone length in cms; bold indicates significant difference in %DA in J between Bronze Age males: Brno-Tuřany significantly higher than Ostojićevo (p<0.024) and Polgár Kenderfold (p<0.038).