Section APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY CORPORAL IMAGE SATISFACTION IN RELATION TO BODY COMPOSITION IN A YOUNG POPULATION FROM THE BASQUE COUNTRY (SPAIN) Ibбсez Marнa Eugenia1 , Buffa Roberto2 , Mereu Elena2 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain 2 , Marini Elisabetta2 , Rebato Esther1 1Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy The aim of this study was to evaluate body composition variations among different states of body image satisfaction and dissatisfaction. <...> Specifi c Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis (spBIVA) was used to evaluate body composition. <...> In men, the specifi c bioelectrical vector mean of the group with moderate dissatisfaction by excess was situated in the right quadrant of the ellipses (indicative of low cell mass) and toward the upper pole (indicative of high FM%). <...> There were no signifi cant differences in body composition between satisfaction and dissatisfaction by defect, and these groups are located near the median value of the ellipsis. <...> In women, the specifi c vectors of groups with severe and moderate dissatisfaction by excess were in the left quadrant (indicative of high cell mass) and toward the upper pole. <...> The group with a slight dissatisfaction by defect was characterized by a smaller phase angle, indicative of less cell mass. There is a trend toward increasing FM% with increasing dissatisfaction by excess. <...> Men and women differ in body composition characteristics associated to their body image satisfaction, women being more satisfi ed with a lower FM%. <...> Body image dissatisfaction by excess tends to be related to FM% excess in men, while in women it seems to be more related to cell mass excess. <...> Keywords: Specifi c BIVA; Body Composition; Body Image Satisfaction; Fat Mass Percentage Contact information: Ibбсez Marнa Eugenia, e-mail: me-ibanez@hotmail.com. <...> VARIATION IN FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PONTICULUS POSTICUS AMONG MODERN HUMANS: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS Karapetian Marina Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia Ponticulus posticus is a non-metric feature located on the fi rst cervical vertebra posterior to the lateral masses (other names: Kimmerle’s anomaly <...>