Determination of Sex

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Determination of Sex. using the skull. Is the upper edge of the eye orbit ‘rounded’ or ‘sharp’?. Page 7, steps 1 & 2. Check the edge with your finger. Figure 13 number 13. Figure 14 number 15. Zygomatic process. Page 7, step 3. Figure 14 number 16. Page 7, step 3. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Determination of Sex

Is the upper edge of the eye orbit ‘rounded’ or ‘sharp’?

Check the edge with your finger

using the skull

Page 7, steps 1 & 2

Figure 13 number 13

Zygomatic process

Figure 14 number 15

Page 7, step 3

External auditory meatus

Figure 14 number 16

Page 7, step 3

Nuchal Crest

Smooth – female

Bumpy - male

Figure 15 number 18Page 7, step 4

External occipital bone with protuberance

Page 7 number 5

Figure 15 number 19

External occipital protuberancePage 7, step 5

Figure 15 number 19

Figure 14 number 20Page 7 number 6

Frontal lobe – Low slanting or rounded & globular?

Male and Female

Notice the slope of frontal bone is more pronounced on the male skull (Figure 10) than the female skull (Figure 12).

Page 7, step 6

Mandible - lower jaw

Figure 14 number 22Page 7 number 7

Maxilla or upper jaw

Mandible – inferior view

U or V shaped?

Figure 15 number 21

Page 7, step 7

Ramus of mandible

Figure 14, number 22

Page 8, step 8

Is the jaw slanting away from the upright or straight?

Angle of the jaw

Page 8, step 8

Figure 14

number 16 number 22

Race determinationusing measurements

Page 8, step 1

Naison – bridge of nose

Figure 13 number 24

Page 8, number 1

Page 8, step 1

Figure 13 number 23

Measuring nasal width from

inside nasal cavity

Nasal Height-naison to nasal spine measured with caliper.

Page 8, step 1 Figure 13 number 24Figure 13 number 25

Nasal Index

Ratio:

Width/ Height

Three racesFigures 22, 23, 24

Caucasoid Negroid Mongoloid

Figure 14 number 25

Nasal spine

Page 8, step 3

Nasal CavityFigure 13 number 23

Figure 13 number 27 maxilla

Page 8, step 4

Nasal Cavity

Figure 13 numbers 25 & 26

Silling?

Guttering?

Smooth?

Nasal spine is prominent in caucasoids.

Page 8, section 5

Frankfort position

Eye socket parallel to ground

Page 8, step 5

Variations of Prognathism: Figures

17,19,21

Shape of orbits

Eye orbits or

Figure 13, number 13Page 8, step 6

Male or female skull?

Notice the slope of the frontal bone.

Angle of the jaw?

What race?

What do you think?

Some Criteria for Racial Determination

from the Human Skull  CAUCASOID NEGROID MONGOLOID

Cheek bones receding ------- broad, wide outwardly

sloping

Nasal opening narrow & high wide & low narrow & high

Nasal spine strong small -------

Criteria taken from Skinner, M and R.A. Lazenby 1983 Found! Human Remains, A Field Manual for the Recovery of the Recent Human Skeleton.  Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Prognathism

Caucasoid Negroid Mongoloid

Little or none Prognathism Little or none

Moderate nasal spine No nasal spine Moderate n.s.

Overbite & dental crowding Less overbite

Criteria for Racial Determination from the Human Skull 

CAUCASOID NEGROID MONGOLOID

Shape: Rugged & oval Smooth & oval Smooth & rounded Cranial Vault Length long long long

Cranial Vault Breadth narrow narrow broad

Height high low middle

Forehead sloping steep ------

Face: Breadth narrow narrow very wide 

Height high low high 

Profile straight prognathic middle

Brow "beetling“ smooth ------- 

Orbit (Eye Sockets) triangular rectangular rounded 

Criteria taken from Skinner, M and R.A. Lazenby 1983 Found! Human Remains, A Field Manual for the Recovery of the Recent Human Skeleton.  Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

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