Comparison of systematically relevant traits in MLDG 1678¹.

<p>¹Abbreviations: LPHO = Lower Pleistocene <i>Homo</i>; MPHO = Middle Pleistocene <i>Homo</i>; NEAN = Neanderthals; MPMH = Middle Pleistocene Modern Humans; EULU = Early Upper-Late Upper Palaeolithic humans. ST = subtrochanteric region; MS = mid-shaft region; AP = anteroposterior diameter; ML = mediolateral diameter.</p><p>Sample compositions, see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0143332#pone.0143332.s004" target="_blank">S1 Table</a>.</p><p>Comparison of systematically relevant traits in MLDG 1678<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0143332#t002fn001" target="_blank">¹</a>.</p

Object plot from principal component analysis of 10 continuous variables: PC1 (52.85%) versus PC2 (28.92%) (AMH femora labeled in black; archaic hominins in blue; minimal spanning tree shown).

<p>Object plot from principal component analysis of 10 continuous variables: PC1 (52.85%) versus PC2 (28.92%) (AMH femora labeled in black; archaic hominins in blue; minimal spanning tree shown).</p

Metric data for the Maludong femur (MLDG 1678).

<p>¹Calculated by dividing the relevant area by reconstructed body mass, after Ref [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0143332#pone.0143332.ref034" target="_blank">34</a>].</p><p>Metric data for the Maludong femur (MLDG 1678).</p

A Hominin Femur with Archaic Affinities from the Late Pleistocene of Southwest China - Fig 3

<p>Scatterplots comparing sample medians for mid-shaft (MS) variables, size-adjusted variables and mid-shaft/subtrochanteric area index: (A) Anteroposterior (AP) diameter (mm). (B) Mediolateral (ML) diameter (mm). (C) Total area (TA: mm²). (D) Cortical area (CA: mm²). (E) %-Cortical area (%-CA). (F) Size-adjusted total area. (G) Size-adjusted cortical area. (H) Pilastric index (%). (I) Mid-shaft/subtrochanteric (MS/ST) area index (%). (Error bars = 95% confidence interval of median [dark] and 1.5 x interquartile range [light]; Abbreviations: LPHO = Lower Pleistocene <i>Homo</i>; MPHO = Middle Pleistocene <i>Homo</i>; NEAN = Neanderthals; MPMH = Middle Pleistocene Modern Humans; EULU = Early Upper-Late Upper Palaeolithic humans [see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0143332#pone.0143332.s004" target="_blank">S1 Table</a>]).</p

Neighbor-joining tree from an analysis of 10 continuous variables (AMH femora labeled in black; archaic hominins in blue; bootstrap scores are from 100,000 replicates with only those ≥60% shown).

<p>Neighbor-joining tree from an analysis of 10 continuous variables (AMH femora labeled in black; archaic hominins in blue; bootstrap scores are from 100,000 replicates with only those ≥60% shown).</p

Neighbor-joining tree from an analysis of 15 variables (5 discrete and 10 continuous) using comparative sample medians as OTUs.

<p>(Bootstrap scores are from 100,000 replicates; Abbreviations: LPHO = Lower Pleistocene <i>Homo</i>; MPHO = Middle Pleistocene <i>Homo</i>; NEAN = Neanderthals; MPMH = Middle Pleistocene Modern Humans; EULU = Early Upper-Late Upper Palaeolithic humans [see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0143332#pone.0143332.s004" target="_blank">S1 Table</a>]).</p