| Overall skull shape and size and areas of muscle
attachment, size of the face:
Males tend to be bigger and more robust Males more roughened – muscle
attachment
Shape of forehead, frontal bossing:
Frontal bossing more pronounced on females – higher forehead.
Male frontal area more sloping.
Sharpness of the superior orbital border:
Females- sharper orbital borders
Males- blunter orbital borders
Shape of orbits:
Rounder and larger relative to face in females? Could be ancestry
dependent.
Presence or absence of superciliary arches:
Males have more pronounced brow ridge.
Size of the mastoid process:
Much larger in males, very useful.
Glabella frequently more prominent in males.
Inion more noticeable in males.
Males may have a little hook.
Configuration of chin:
Females – pointier in middle
Males – squared off
Gonial Angle (the inferior aspect of the ascending ramus)
More obtuse (bigger than 90°) in female and surface is smoother.
Breadth of the ascending ramus and overall robustness and size
of the mandibular condyles:
Bigger and wider in males.
Size of teeth, depth between incisors and chin:
Overall increase in size for male
Males bigger mandible and bigger teeth. |
