| Abstract: | The incidences of 30 non-metrical skull variants have been determined in 21 samples of crania from Scandinavia, Iceland and the British Isles. The samples have been compared to give Estimates of Divergence which are assumed to represent degrees of genetical affinity between them. In general these estimates are in accordance with known population movements in the area and also with genetical affinities determined from other systems. One bizarre result emphasizes the importance of caution in interpreting genetical distances found by this or similar methods. It is concluded that this method is a useful aid in human population studies. |
