The form and shape of the pterion, squamous suture and asterion werestudied in 100 Chinese crania. The results obtained show that in most Chineseskulls (62%) the pterion is of the form of "H". The squamous suture withmoderate curvature is the most common (44%), whereas strongly curved sutureand square suture are relatively small in number. The form of asterion can be divided into (a) semi-circle, (b) V-shape, (c)U-shape and (d) rectangular, among which the U-shape type is more general(64%).