Cranial thickness in American females and males
Ross, A.H.; Jantz, R.L.; McCormick, W.F.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 43(2): 267-272
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 9544534 Document Number: 494289
To date, numerous studies have examined the range of cranial thickness variation in modern humans. The purpose of this investigation is to present a new method that would be easier to replicate, and to examine sex and age variation in cranial thickness in a white sample. The method consists of excising four cranial segments from the frontal and parietal regions. The sample consists of 165 specimens collected at autopsy and 15 calvarial specimens. An increase in cranial thickness with age was observed. The results suggest that cranial thickness is not sexually dimorphic outside the onset of hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI).