In all recent craniometric studies, the main question that is raised is whether it is possible to detect subtle decreases and increases in gene flow through levels of diversity in skull morphology. According to the results already obtained from modern populations (Howells 1989; Froment 1992a; Lahr 1996), the geographical variation suggests that despite an “apparent” homogeneity on a worldwide scale sub-Saharan Africans cannot be described as sharing a single morphology. The present morphological polymorphism observed in Africa (Hiernaux 1976) is far beyond “racial” categories proposed in the past (Leakey 1935; Coon 1971).
16 (3-4) | 2004 2004(3-4) Differentiation of modern sub-Saharan African populations: craniometric interpretations in relation to geography and history
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