“…In our study, we cannot conclude that the analysed individuals Regarding the prevalence of the elongated styloid process according to sex, there is no consensus in the literature. Although some authors registered a higher prevalence among female individuals (Balcioglu, Kilic, Akyol, Ozan, & Kokten, 2009;Montalbetti, Ferrandi, Pergami, & Savoldi, 1995;Prasad, Kamath, Reddy, Raju, & Agarwal, 2002), some others found the same for male individuals among contemporary populations (Camarda, Deschamps, & Forest, 1989;Cawich, Gardner, Shetty, & Harding, 2008), as well as in archaeological samples (Ginesta Armengol et al, 2003;Šikanjić & Vlak, 2010). The variation can be related to the sample selection and evaluation criteria (Skrzat, Mróz, Walocha, Zawiliński, & Jaworek, 2007), whereas in ancient contexts, it is also necessary to consider post mortem loss, taphonomic processes, and biases derived from the very conformation of the archaeological collections, in particular, those derived from rescue works.…”