Rasgos no-métricos en el esqueleto humano: una revisión
Journal: Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológica
Year: 2025

Non-metric traits can be observed in teeth, the skull or the postcranial skeleton, and include anatomical variations of many different types. It was initially thought that most of these traits — especially the cranial ones— had a major genetic predisposition. However, it was later observed that many of them were acquired, which reflects the practice of a particular activity or the adoption of certain postures (for example, squatting) over long periods during daily life. The finding of several tr