The cranial base and calvaria index methods applied to Australian aborigine skulls
Göthlin, J.H.; Gadeholt, G.
European Journal of Radiology 8(4): 242-243
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0720-048X PMID: 3234401 Document Number: 307337
Cranial base and calvaria indices were calculated on lateral skull radiographs of Australian aborigines, and compared with the values of one mummy, 4 prehistoric (fossil), and modern Scandinavian skulls. The aborigines had thicker calvarian bone and a lower forehead profile than the mummy and the modern skulls, but a higher frontal calvarium than the fossils. The aborigines may developmentally represent a link between prehistoric and modern man (including the mummy).