The human osteological collection at the Department of Human Anatomy, University of Torino, Italy, has recently been rearranged and recatalogued, and is now available for study. It comprises 1,064 modern skulls of known sex (384 males and 680 females); the age is also recorded in 712 cases. Of these skulls, 162 are from persons aged less than or equal to 20 years of known sex. A few skulls also have the postcranial skeleton (35 males and 39 females). The collection includes microcephali and hydrocephali, and also some prehistoric, Etruscan, Phoenician, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Ancient Jewish, and Lombard skulls. A brief catalogue is provided.
The collection of human skulls and postcranial skeletons at the department of human anatomy of the University of Torino (Italy).
GIACOBINI, Giacomo
1984-01-01
Abstract
The human osteological collection at the Department of Human Anatomy, University of Torino, Italy, has recently been rearranged and recatalogued, and is now available for study. It comprises 1,064 modern skulls of known sex (384 males and 680 females); the age is also recorded in 712 cases. Of these skulls, 162 are from persons aged less than or equal to 20 years of known sex. A few skulls also have the postcranial skeleton (35 males and 39 females). The collection includes microcephali and hydrocephali, and also some prehistoric, Etruscan, Phoenician, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Ancient Jewish, and Lombard skulls. A brief catalogue is provided.
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