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In Anatomy, anatomical variation is a deviation from the normal morphology of an organ or structure of an individual, and among the various anatomical variations, we observe some in skulls, such as in the nasal bones. Therefore, in the present study we intend to describe the presentation of nasal bones in an Osteological Collection from the Northeast Region of Brazil. For our study, 448 dry adult skulls were used, 165 females and 283 males. All skulls belong to the collection of the Forensic Anthropology Center of the Faculty of Medicine of FAP-Araripina, located in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. To collect data, the direct observation method was used. After data collection, we observed three types of nasal bone presentation: Type I, triangular, Type II, hourglass-shaped and Type III, rectangular. Regarding the total sample (n=448), Type I appeared in 26.56% of the skulls, Type II in 44.31% and Type III in 29.02%. Regarding males, 30.32% presented Type I, 41.34% Type II and 28.21% Type III. Among females, we observed 20.61% of Type I, 49.69% of Type II and 30.30% of Type III. Due to the great importance of this structure for the area of Forensic Anthropology, further studies are necessary in our population to identify these variations.
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