Craniometric variability of prehistorical populations from the area of Nile

Abstract

In this study we reported geometric morphometric evaluation of skull variability in two prehistoric human populations from the Nile Valley. Through monitoring of morphological differences in the skull, we followed the migration of populations in the Nile Valley.

Cranial morphology in a group of Wadi Qitna showed more on sub-Saharan origin, whereas the set from Mirgissa indicated properties characterizing both the European and North African populations, the African groups of sub-Saharan origin.

Keywords

• craniometry
• morphology
• geometric morphometrics
• population variability
• Northern Africa