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The Temporal Labyrinths of Eastern Eurasian Pleistocene Humans Supporting Information The Temporal Labyrinths of Eastern Eurasian Pleistocene Humans Supporting Information Xiu-Jie Wu, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Wu Liu, Song Xing, and Erik Trinkaus Table S1. Pleistocene and recent human comparative labyrinthine samples. Data from this study unless indicated otherwise. Samples Samples Eastern Eurasia Middle Paleolithic modern humans (MPMH) Lantian (LT) 1 Qafzeh 3,6,7,9,11–13,15,21 (2) Hexian (HX) 1 Skhul 1, 5 (2,4) Xujiayao (XJY) 15 Liujiang (LJ) 1 Upper Paleolithic modern humans (UPMH) Cro-Magnon 1 (4) Early Pleistocene (EPleist) Lagar Velho 1 (4) Olduvai OH9 (1) Laugerie Basse 1 (4) Sangiran 2,4 (1) Malaurie 1 (2) Nazlet Khater 2 (2) Middle Pleistocene Europe (MPl-Eur) Muierii 2 (8) Biache SV1, SV2 (2,3) Oase 2 (9) La Chaise-Suard 3 (4) Pataud 1,3 (4) Reilingen 1 (4) Rochereil 1 (2) Steinheim 1 (4) Recent humans (Recent, n=180) Neandertals (Neand) China (n=26) Amud 1, 7 (2) Belgium (n=100) (2) Arcy-sur-Cure C7.1544 (5) Worldwide sample (n=54) (1) Dederiyeh 1 (4) Devil’s Tower 1 (4) La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 (4) Engis 2 (2) La Ferrassie 1–3 (4) Forbes’ Quarry 1 (4) Kebara 1 (2) Krapina 38.1,38.12,38.13,39.1,39.4,39.8,39.13,39.18 (6) Marillac LP01-H02 (2) Le Moustier 1 (4) Obi-Rakhmat 1 (7) Pech de l’Azé 1 (4) Petit-Puymoyen 5 (4) La Quina 5, 27 (4) Spy 1,2 (4) Tabun 1 (4) 1 Table S2. Measurements and indices of the labyrinths of the east Asian Pleistocene humans and comparative samples: anterior (ASC), posterior (PSC) and lateral (LSC) semicircular canal dimensions. w: width; h: height; R: radius. Measurements and indices following Spoor (1,4). Sample abbreviations as in Table S1. Samples ASC ASC ASC ASC PSC PSC PSC PSC LSC LSC LSC LSC SLI w h h/w -R w h h/w -R w h h/w -R East Asia LT 6.1 5.1 83.6 2.8 5.1 4.9 96.1 2.5 4.9 3.7 76.2 2.2 41.4 HX 7.4 6.6 88.5 3.5 6.5 6.2 95.4 3.2 6.1 5.4 87.8 2.9 53.5 XJY 6.2 5.4 87.1 2.9 5.7 5.6 98.3 2.8 5.8 4.8 82.8 2.7 61.4 LJ 7.0 5.6 80.0 3.2 5.5 4.9 89.1 2.6 5.7 5.2 91.2 2.7 45.5 EPleist Mean 7.2 5.5 77.2 3.2 5.9 6.4 108.9 3.1 4.7 3.7 78.4 2.1 53.3 S.D 0.5 0.3 9.5 0.1 0.4 0.6 3.8 0.3 0.5 0.7 13.9 0.2 6.8 max 7.6 5.8 88.0 3.2 6.2 7.0 112.9 3.3 5.2 4.4 88.1 2.4 61.0 min 6.6 5.3 70.0 3.1 5.0 5.8 105.5 3.1 4.2 3.0 62.5 2.0 43.0 n 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 MPl-Eur Mean 6.0 5.7 95.9 2.9 5.3 5.9 111.6 2.8 5.1 4.7 92.6 2.4 50.9 S.D 0.3 0.3 4.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 13.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 8.3 0.2 8.1 max 6.4 6.1 101.7 3.1 5.8 6.7 131.9 3.1 5.5 5.1 104.4 2.6 60.0 min 5.5 5.2 89.7 2.8 4.7 5.3 96.4 2.7 4.3 4.2 84.0 2.2 40.3 n 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 Neand Mean 6.2 5.8 92.6 3.0 5.7 5.6 100.7 2.8 5.4 5.0 92.7 2.6 63.5 S.D 0.5 0.4 5.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 8.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 6.7 0.2 5.8 max 7.3 6.6 103.5 3.4 6.8 6.7 114.8 3.4 5.9 5.9 111.7 2.9 76.0 min 5.3 5.1 84.3 2.6 5.1 4.7 87.1 2.5 4.7 4.3 82.7 2.3 52.1 n 22 22 31 31 22 22 30 30 22 22 31 31 30 MPMH Mean 7.1 6.2 88.5 3.3 6.1 6.0 100.0 3.0 5.2 4.3 83.4 2.4 53.0 S.D 0.5 0.5 6.9 0.2 0.4 0.4 7.9 0.2 0.4 0.5 9.7 0.2 6.2 max 7.7 7.0 97.9 3.7 6.8 6.7 113.9 3.2 5.9 5.1 98.0 2.8 62.5 min 6.1 5.4 71.8 3.0 5.5 5.3 88.1 2.7 4.7 3.7 68.2 2.1 40.2 n 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 UPMH Mean 7.1 6.3 89.5 3.3 6.1 6.5 106.5 3.1 5.3 5.0 94.0 2.5 43.7 S.D 0.5 0.4 6.7 0.2 0.5 0.4 7.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 6.2 0.2 9.4 max 7.9 6.6 98.0 3.6 6.6 6.9 118.2 3.3 5.8 6.0 104.0 3.0 55.0 min 6.5 5.5 79.7 3.0 5.4 5.7 96.2 2.5 4.7 4.5 85.9 2.2 31.2 n 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 Recent Mean 6.8 6.1 89.8 3.2 6.1 6.3 104.1 3.1 4.9 4.4 90.8 2.3 50.7 S.D 0.5 0.5 5.1 0.2 0.6 0.7 8.8 0.3 0.4 0.5 7.0 0.2 6.8 max 8.2 7.6 103.6 4.0 7.8 8.3 137.4 3.9 5.9 6.2 109.2 3.0 69.3 min 5.4 4.8 74.0 2.6 4.4 4.3 76.6 2.2 3.8 3.1 67.4 1.8 31.5 n 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 2 Table S3. Measurements and indices of the labyrinths of the east Asian and comparative samples: semicircular canal radii proportions (%R), torsion angles (tor), lateral canal orientations (LSCm<APA), and lateral canal versus facial nerve canal (LSCm<FC3) and posterior petrosal surface (LSCm<PPp) angles. Measurements and indices following Spoor (1,4). Sample abbreviations as in Table S1. Samples ASC PSC LSC ASC PSC LSC LSCm LSCm< LSCm< %R %R %R tor tor tor <APA FC3 PPp East Asia LT 37.6 33.6 28.9 9.0 -5.4 -4.0 33.1 72.9 57.5 HX 36.7 33.2 30.2 11.0 -9.1 1.8 32.1 76.0 65.9 XJY 34.6 33.7 31.6 13.4 -14.9 1.5 46.6 78.5 65.5 LJ 37.2 30.7 32.2 7.0 -12.2 0.9 30.5 63.5 51.2 EPleist Mean 38.0 37.0 25.0 38.3 S.D 1.0 1.7 2.0 6.1 max 39.0 39.0 27.0 45.0 min 37.0 36.0 23.0 33.0 n 3 3 3 3 MPl-Eur Mean 35.9 34.4 29.7 23.2 -10.1 -0.5 38.3 81.6 61.6 S.D 1.2 2.5 1.6 1.6 2.8 2.0 3.9 8.4 7.0 max 36.9 38.4 31.0 24.4 -7.2 1.7 41.6 91.8 67.0 min 34.4 32.2 27.2 20.8 -12.8 -2.5 32.6 73.1 53.7 n 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 Neand Mean 35.9 33.6 30.5 22.0 -11.3 2.7 45.9 86.6 69.4 S.D 1.5 1.6 1.1 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.6 8.6 7.9 max 41.1 36.0 39.0 32.0 1.9 12.0 55.0 103.5 82.0 min 34.0 29.0 28.0 11.0 -23.0 -6.3 40.3 73.6 55.0 n 30 30 30 21 20 21 21 17 14 MPMH Mean 38.1 34.7 27.2 14.9 -4.9 1.0 39.2 76.9 60.5 S.D 1.3 1.6 1.6 5.6 6.3 4.0 5.8 7.5 5.1 max 40.8 36.7 29.1 22.9 2.1 10.1 46.7 86.0 67.0 min 35.9 32.6 24.3 3.3 -18.5 -6.0 28.7 67.3 56.1 n 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 6 5 UPMH Mean 37.2 34.5 28.4 13.6 -13.3 3.5 35.2 73.2 57.5 S.D 1.4 1.7 0.9 2.5 5.4 3.3 3.6 5.4 12.1 max 39.5 37.0 30.1 18.8 -6.0 8.0 41.7 79.0 80.0 min 35.9 32.0 27.2 12.0 -21.0 -0.3 31.9 63.1 45.0 n 10 10 10 7 7 7 6 7 6 Recent Mean 37.3 36.0 26.8 15.2 -11.4 1.9 39.8 72.4 59.7 S.D 1.3 1.8 1.8 4.8 5.7 4.0 4.7 7.9 8.5 max 41.3 39.9 32.0 28.3 4.4 14.2 56.5 89.8 80.4 min 34.1 30.2 22.6 4.1 -27.8 -7.9 27.4 47.9 34.4 n 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 149 138 3 Table S4.
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