Szekessy Vilmos (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 59. (Budapest 1967)

Dezső, Gy.: The changes of some cephalic measurements of school children aged 7-17 years, in Budapest

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALES HUNGARICI Tomus 59. PARS ANTHROPOLOGICA 1967. The Changes of Some Cephalic Measurements of School Children Aged 7—17 Years, in Budapest By GY. DEZSŐ, Budapest In anthropological studies, be they conducted on osteological or live material, the dimensional and morphological variations of the head are of definite importance. However, most investigators omit the publication of data referring to children, since they are as yet undeveloped and liable to change. Measurement data concerning the head are equally rarely met with in literature devoted to the growth of children and the development of their bodies, even though this attained a rather extensive scope in the past decades, both in home and in foreign literature. This might partially be explained by the fact that examinations of the dimensional variations of the head fail to render results as conspicuous as those of the postcranial Table Í Maximum head length (boys) Age N M Increase o S s V V 7 51 169 73 19. 18 4. 38 160 182 8 66 171. 53 1. 70 41. 52 6. 44 156 182 9 47 173. 34 1. 81 43. 04 6. 56 160 185 10 52 175. 44 2. 10 27. 71 5. 26 165 186 11 81 175. 75 0. 31 26. 92 5. 18 161 188 12 63 178. 19 2. 44 28. 62 5. 35 165 190 13 90 179. 22 1. 03 26. 53 5. 15 165 190 14 113 179. 74 0 52 33. 62 5. 79 167 190 15 126 182. 25 2 51 35. 95 5. 99 168 196 16 30 185. 14 2. 89 44. 25 6. 64 168 198 17 52 185. 30 0 16 31. 37 5. 60 172 198 (girls) Age N M Increase s

2 s V • V 7 48 164. 84 16. 45 4. 05 158 - 176 8 60 167. 31 2 47 31. 63 5. 62 158 180 9 64 168. 94 1 63 35. 93 5. 99 158 • 180 10 65 170. 33 1 39 28. 26 5. 31 158 - 180 11 63 171. 34 1 01 28. 50 5. 33 160 183 12 69 172. 79 1 45 22. 61 4. 75 164 - 180 13 64 173. 42 0 73 22. 46 7. 73 164 - 182 14 27 173. 54 0 12 28. 56 5. 34 164 - 185 15 80 176. 02 2 48 29. 35 5. 41 166 • 190 16 107 176. 28 0 26 27. 88 5. 28 168 - 190