Cranial index in a modern people of Thai ancestry / 대한해부학회지
Anatomy & Cell Biology
; : 25-30, 2018.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-713352
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ABSTRACT
The present research aims to examine the cranial index in a modern people of Thai ancestry. Ultimately, this study will help to create a databank containing a cranial index for the classifications of the people from Asia. In this study, 185 modern crania of people of supposed Thai ancestry were examined. They were collected from the Department of Anatomy at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. The maximum cranial length and breadth were measured using standard anthropometric instruments based on Martin's methods. The cranial index was calculated using the equation ([maximum cranial breadth/maximum cranial length]×100). The mean cranial indices for the male and female skulls examined were 81.81±4.23 and 82.99±4.37, respectively. The most common type of skull in the modern Thai people in this study was the brachycranic type with a frequency of 42.7%, followed by the mesocranic (27.03%) and hyperbrachycranic types (25.59%). The rarest type observed in this study was the dolichocranic type (4.32%). The present study provides valuable data pertaining to the cranial index in a modern Thai population and reveals that modern Thai males and females belong to the brachycranic group. The results of this study will be of forensic anthropological importance to populations in close proximity to the location where the skulls studied here were sourced.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Asia
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Skull
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Thailand
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Classification
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Forensic Anthropology
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Asian People
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article