[Morphologic differentiation of modern humans: correspondence between skull form and geographic distribution of population].

Multivariate distance analysis of 7 to 9 classical craniometric dimensions was carried out on a large number (n = 536) of modern human populations. Results obtained showed that the scatter plot based on morphological affinities was very similar to geographic dispersion of sample populations. Asia appeared to be closer to a possible center of dispersion than any other location.