Upper Palaeolithic Mediterranean
1. Great size of brain case. Brain size variable, but usually
2. Mean skull length about Mean skull length between 183-193 mm.
3. Vault height variable, Absolute vault height has the same range
4. Head form variable. Local Same.
5. Strong tendency to Tendency to brachycephaly not
6. Thick vault, heavy relief Vault medium to thin, muscular relief on vault
7. Browridges and Browridges and nuchal lines variable, medium
8. Face variable in length, Same, but some notably long-faced exceptions.
9. Face very broad, Face usually narrow, 127-133 mm., zygomatic 10. Orbits very wide and low. Orbits of moderate proportions.
11. Distance between orbits Distance between orbits slight.
12. Nasal skeleton prominent. Nasal skeleton prominent in some types,
13. Sub-nasal segment of face Sub-nasal segment of face height relatively
14. Mandible thick, heavy, with Mandible variable; usually light, of small
15. Stature variable, but most Stature variable, but most characteristically
16. Bodily build usually robust, Bodily build usually linear, hands and feet |