Table 1.

Archaic discrete traits of North African late Early/Middle Pleistocene specimens, Irhoud 11, Kébibat, and Aterians.

	North African MP	Irhoud 11	Kébibat	Contrebandiers 1	Dar-es-Soltane II 5	El Harhoura
Inferior transverse torus	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓
Archaic symphysis	✓	✓	✓	✓	–	–
Uniform corpus height	✓	–	?	–	–	✓
Prognathism	✓	✓	?	✓	–	✓
Wide ramus	✓	✓	?	–	✓	?
Large gonion	✓	✓	?	–	✓	?
Wide bicondylar/bigonial breadth	✓	✓	?	✓	✓	?

✓ presence of a trait; – absence of a trait; ? trait could not be evaluated due to damage.