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Estimating the phylogeny of the genus Homo is entering a new phase of vastlyimproved data and methodology. There is increasing evidence of 6 to 10competing species/lineages at any point in the last half million years, makingthe elucidation of the relationships of individual specimens particularlyimportant. Recent estimates of the phylogeny of key specimens include Waddell(2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), and Mounier et al. (2016). These are made with quitedifferent data (3D skull shapes and discrete morphological characters,respectively) and methods of analysis (unweighted least squares fitting ofdistances, OLS+, and reweighted maximum parsimony, respectively). Initialinspection of the trees in these articles might leave the impression of a greatdeal of disagreement and confused results. Here it is shown this need not bethe case, and that these two types of data and analysis may be indicating avery similar tree, one that is in good agreement also with subjective currentwisdom/expert opinions on particular parts of the phylogeny. The preciselocation of the African LH18 specimen arises as key to a better understandingof the likely form of the last common ancestors of H. sapiens and Neanderthals.A diverse approach seems to bring forth much more agreement of trees thanotherwise perceived, and argues against being dogmatic about methods ofphylogenetic analysis particularly when working with difficult problems.

Complimentary Phylogenetic Signals for Morphological Characters and Quantitative 3D Shape Data within genus Homo