Abstract
Hyperdolichocrany in the medieval adult males of Midwestern Kyushu (near Kumamoto city), particularly concerning the secular changes of the skull forms, are presented and discussed. While the mean cranial index of the modern Midwestern Kyushuites was mesocranic, the mean cranial index of the medieval Midwestern Kyushuites was hyperdolichocranic of 68.1. Concerning the medieval Kamakura Japanese, Suzuki showed their skull forms to be dolichocrany in the mean cranial index of 74.2. The cranial indexes in the Midwestern Kyushuites have increased from the medieval period to the present-pay.
