skulls {lmreg}

Egyptian skull development

Description

Measurements of male Egyptian skulls from time periods ranging from 4000 BC to 150 AD.

Usage

data(skulls)

Format

A data frame with 150 observations on the following 5 variables.

MB

Maximal breadth (in mm)

BH

Basibregmatic height (in mm)

BL

Basialveolar length (in mm)

NH

Nasal height (in mm)

Year

Approximate Year of Skull Formation (negative = B.C., positive = A.D.)

Source

Thomson, A. and Randall-Maciver, R. (1905) Ancient Races of the Thebaid, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Examples

data(skulls)
head(skulls)