online lecture: features of male and female skulls table
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Online Lecture: Features of Male and Female Skulls Table Online Activity- Determining gender and ancestry using skulls Notes and completion of activity , DUE AT END OF PERIOD. Cranium Features. Many things can be deduced from the features of a skull EXP: Gender and Ethnticity - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Online Lecture: Features of Male and Online Lecture: Features of Male and Female SkullsFemale Skulls
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Online Activity- Determining gender Online Activity- Determining gender and ancestry using skullsand ancestry using skulls
– Notes and completion of activity, Notes and completion of activity, DUE AT END DUE AT END OF PERIODOF PERIOD
Cranium FeaturesCranium FeaturesMany things can be deduced from the Many things can be deduced from the features of a skullfeatures of a skull– EXP: Gender and EthnticityEXP: Gender and Ethnticity
Take notes on the features in this power Take notes on the features in this power point, then using your notes and the table point, then using your notes and the table linked to the agenda, complete the online linked to the agenda, complete the online activity and read the forensics story that activity and read the forensics story that followsfollows
Male vs FemaleMale vs Female
Cranium Feature Male Female
Frontal Bone (forehead)
Lower/sloping More vertical and rounded
Temporal Ridge (obvious temporal ridge)
Large Small
Mastoid process Large Small (generally)
Supraorbital margin (ridge above eye)
Rounded Sharp
Cranium Feature Male Female
External occipital protuberance
Generally present Generally absent
Nuchal crest (low ridge along the base of the cranium) (can only see from bottom)
Rugged, well defined
Smoother, even absent
Zygomatic process (cheek bones)
Extends past external auditory meatus
Does not extend past (generally)
Male vs FemaleMale vs Female
Cranium Feature Male Female
Mandible Larger and more robust (thicker)
Smaller and lighter
Symphysis and mental eminence of mandible (chin)
Square Rounded (generally) or pointed
Ramus of mandible Straight Slanting
Sinuses (air ways) Larger Smaller
Teeth Larger Smaller