BioMed Research International

Research Article

Developmental Changes in Morphology of the Middle and Posterior External Cranial Base in Modern Homo sapiens

Table 16

Principal Components of the basicranium and its regions significantly correlated with centroid size in the regression analysis.
 BasicraniumTemporalOccipitalSphenoid
All populationsPC1, PC2, PC3, PC4PC1, PC4, PC6PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC6PC1, PC2, PC4
AlaskaPC1, PC2PC1, PC4PC2, PC3, PC4, PC6PC1, PC4
AustriaPC1, PC3, PC4PC1, PC2, PC4, PC6PC3PC2, PC4, PC5
EgyptPC1, PC4, PC5PC1, PC4PC1, PC3PC1, PC3, PC4, PC5
MexicoPC1, PC2, PC4PC1, PC3, PC4PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5, PC6PC4
PeruPC1, PC2PC1, PC4PC1, PC3PC4
Polynesia PC1, PC2PC2, PC3PC2, PC4
UtahPC1, PC2PC1PC1, PC3PC1, PC4