Introduction de la méthode vestibulaire dans l'etude de l'extrêmité cephalique des Mammifères quadrupèdes

Summary Introduction of the “Vorhofsmethode” (use of vestibulum auris internae as orientation and reference point for skull measurements) into the investigation of the peripheral parts of the skull of quadruped mammals In order to make some anatomical data more realistic which go beyond the classical data and permit modern estimates on ethnic distributions, we have applied the skull orientation and measurement technic, called “Vorhofsmethode” which is common in human anatomy and anthopology, to certain domestic mammals. By doing this, one obtains absolute statements on the position of the peripheral parts of the skull and with statistical analysis of the Vorhof (vestibulum) coordinates of the craniometric measuring points, statements on the changes in shape of the peripheral parts of the skull.