title: The cranial base and calvaria index methods applied to Australian aborigine skulls.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Bergen, Haukeland Hospital.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Göthlin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gadeholt
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009106:Mummies; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*