Table 1.

Results of the chronological analyses of hominin body size estimates by coarse temporal groups.

coarse temporal group	n	mean	median	mean CI La	mean CI Ua	s.d.	min	max	CV
body mass
Holoceneb	438	61.86	62.28	—	—	10.71	34.39	88.23	17.3
Late Pleistocene	78	68.69	70.20	54.95	82.43	10.69	34.10	91.30	15.6
Middle Pleistocene	60	63.28	64.30	52.13	75.64	13.93	33.50	90.70	22.0
Early Pleistocene	90	43.84	41.50	31.77	60.79	15.13	22.70	81.00	34.5
Late Pliocene	24	38.95	38.50	25.10	60.90	9.41	24.50	63.60	24.2
stature
Holoceneb	449	159.91	159.74	—	—	8.28	134.16	180.55	5.2
Late Pleistocene	92	167.14	168.95	153.78	180.52	12.24	104.20	191.60	7.3
Middle Pleistocene	52	164.39	164.65	156.40	172.40	8.48	141.10	184.20	5.2
Early Pleistocene	56	148.02	151.35	137.56	158.57	16.66	110.00	178.00	11.3
Late Pliocene	3	125.67	121.00	115.80	135.20	23.35	105.00	151.00	18.6

^aLower and upper 95% confidence intervals of the mean (individual prediction intervals in electronic supplementary material, file S1).

^bThe Holocene forager sample is provided as comparative baseline and excluded from the statistical analyses.