Skull Study and Differentiation Notes

Differentiation Notes

Skull Focus	Masculine	Feminine
Forehead	Prominent glabella / brow; glabella well developed	More vertical and rounded
Frontal eminence		Rounder
Temple	More prominent
Eye Orbits	Squarer	Rounder, sharper orbital margins
Jaws	Squarer chin; mandible closer to 90 degrees	Narrower, rounder, pointier chin; mandible is greater than 90 degrees
Zygomatic Arch	More pronounced, tends to extend posteriorly beyond external auditory meatus	Less pronounced, tends to not extend posteriorly beyond external auditory meatus
Mastoid Process	Larger, more blunt	Smaller, more pointed
Inion	More prominent

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