11. Skull Sex Estimation

Question 1

Whole skull

Answer 1

Female - smooth, small, rounded

Male - large, rugged

Question 2

Nuchal crest

Answer 2

Female - small, smooth, rounded

Male - large, hooked

Question 3

Mastoid process

Answer 3

Female - small
Male - large

(consider volume/girth not length)

Question 4

Supraorbital margin

Answer 4

Female - sharp, thin

Male - thickened, rounded

Question 5

Glabella

Answer 5

Female - smooth, no projection

Male - massive, rounded projection

Question 6

Mental eminence

Answer 6

Female - smooth

Male - large, most of anterior portion

Question 7

Frontal and parietal eminences

Answer 7

Female - very pronounced and obvious

Male - small

Question 8

Orbit

Answer 8

Female - rounded, higher up

Male - squared, lower

Question 9

Frontal and zygomatic bone

Answer 9

Female - vertical frontal, light zygomatic

Male - sloping frontal, heavy zygomatic

Question 10

Palate

Answer 10

Female - smaller, parabolic, wider at back

Male - larger, U shaped

Question 11

Mandible

Answer 11

Female - small, gracile, gonial angle >90, slight gonial flaring

Male - large, broad ramus, gonial angle 90, pronounced gonial flaring