Some notes on the vÉrtesszÖllÖs occipital This research was supported by NSF grant BNS 75–21756 and a grant from the National Academy of Sciences Eastern European Program.

Abstract

An examination of the VÉrtesszÖllÖs occipital bone indicates the need for taking its condition and preservation as well as certain aspects of its morphology into account prior to a metric assessment of its features. This analysis confirms the presence of extrasutural bones on the lambdoidal suture as well as some distortion in the sagittal curvature of this region. The advisability of using the endocranial sutures as well as other data for defining lambda in cases such as this is discussed, and a procedure for determining the position of opisthion is indicated. A metric and morphological analysis is used to support the claim that the specimen can be considered a large late representative of Homo erectus in Europe.