Diachronic variation in cranial thickness of Near Eastern populations

Cephalometric radiographs were taken of 111 skulls of skeletal remains of populations living in Israel and Jordan during the last 12,000 years. From these radiographs, skull length and height, and cranial thickness were measured. For each sex and period, high correlations were found between cranial...

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Published inAmerican journal of physical anthropology Vol. 67; no. 2; p. 127
Main Authors Smith, P, Wax, Y, Becker, A, Einy, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1985
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Cephalometry
Female
History, Ancient
Humans
Israel
Jordan
Male
Middle Aged
Paleopathology
Jordan
Israel
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Summary:Cephalometric radiographs were taken of 111 skulls of skeletal remains of populations living in Israel and Jordan during the last 12,000 years. From these radiographs, skull length and height, and cranial thickness were measured. For each sex and period, high correlations were found between cranial thickness at vertex, bregma, and lambda. Cranial thickness at nasion was correlated with sinus width but not sinus height. All measurements were correlated with skull length but not skull breadth. Using multivariate analysis, no significant differences in cranial thickness were found between the sexes. Significant diachronic trends were found in lambda and sinus width, and they were independent of variation in skull length.
ISSN:0002-9483
DOI:10.1002/ajpa.1330670208