Online Table 2: Maximum length (in mm) of a proximal manual phalanx of a child from OummQatafa in comparison to proximal phalanges (I-V) of AMHS,Neandertals, modern Homo s. s. children.

Specimen/population / Dental age in years / I / II / III / IV / V / Reference
Qumm Qatafa
Specimen #80 / 21.0 / Present study
Dederiyeh 1* / 2-3 / 12.1 / 18.3/17.9* / - / - / - / Kondo and Dodo, 2002
Roc de Marsal / ~3 / 13.9 / 20.7 / 21.6 / 19.2 / - / Tillier, 1999***
Qafzeh 21 / ~3 / 12.3 R / 19.5 R / >20.6 R / 18.9 / 15.0 / Tillier, 1999
La Ferrassie 6 / 3-5 / 23.0 / 31.0 / 35.1 / 33.0 / >24.0 / Tillier, 1999***
Qafzeh 10 / 6 / 18.4 L / 24.2 L / 26.3 L / 23.9 L / 18.6 L / Tillier, 1999
Qafzeh 11 / 12-13 / 21.6 / - / - / - / - / Tillier, 1999
Dor #8131 / 3-4 / 13.09 / 19.05 / 20.56 / - / 15.56 / Present study
Dor #8015 / 5-6 / 13.71/13.85 / 20.13 / 23.06 / 21.39 / 15.86 / Present study
Dor #8135 / 11.5-12 / 20.56/20.82 / 30.87/31.23 / 34.32/34.41 / 32.33/32.40 / 25.04/25.28 / Present study
Modern children** / 4 (n=34)
5 (n=30)
6 (n=31)
7 (n=39)
8 (n=35)
9 (n=37)
10 (n=32)
11 (n=31)
12 (n=31) / 15.6
16.8
17.8
19.3
20.0
20.7
21.3
21.9
22.3 / 21.2
22.3
23.4
25.6
26.5
27.4
27.4
28.6
29.8 / 24.2
25.2
26.4
28.6
30.0
31.0
31.0
32.5
33.4 / 22.4
23.6
24.9
26.9
28.2
28.4
29.2
30.7
31.6 / 17.3
18.3
19.5
20.8
22.1
22.3
22.9
24.1
24.6 / Rokhlin, 1936

*Dederiyeh 1 is described by the authors as P4 with a reservation that "…the right one could possibly be P2 and the left one could be possibly any from P2 to P4" (Kondo and Dodo 2002:172);

**data for boys obtained from the X-ray measurements of the distance between the centre of the base and the centre of the head of the phalanges. From:Rokhlin (1936).

*** cited in Tillier(1999)