80 Section HUMAN DIVERSITY MORPHOLOGY OF SELLA TURCICA IN TURKISH ADULTS FROM PAST TO PRESENT Sahin Serkan1 Turkey 2 , Taner R. Lale2 Цzer Başak Koca1 , Цzer İsmail1 , Gьngцr Kahraman3 , Gьleз Erksin1 , Uzuner F. Deniz2 , Sağır Mehmet1 , 1Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of Anthropology, Ankara, Gazi University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, Ankara, Turkey 3Gazi University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Dentomaxillofacial and Radiology, Ankara, Turkey Morphological aberrations of the sella turcica were assessed in Turkish adults, modern and those of past centuries. <...> Lateral cephalographs taken from 32 adult (23 male, 9 female, Group 1), dry skull base specimens (Late Ottoman Period), and pretreatment cephalographs of 35 adult patients (21 male,14 female, Group 2) scheduled for orthodontic treatment at Gazi University Orthodontic Clinic were studied. <...> Prevelance of six different morphological types was determined. <...> These include oblique anterior wall, sella turcica bridging, double contour of the fl oor, irregularity (notching) in the posterior part of dorsum sellae, and pyramidal shape of dorsum sellae. <...> Sella turcica bridging (15.6%) and irregularities of the posterior part of dorsum sellae (18.8%) were more common in dry skulls, while the double contour of the floor (14.3%) and irregularities of the posterior part of dorsum sellae (14.3%) were more common in Group 2. <...> There is a noticeable variation in the morphology of sella turcica in this population of normal adults. <...> In approximately one half of the cases, sella turcica was rated as normal and a variety of dysmorphological types was detected. <...> As bridging of the sella has suggestive associations with disease entities, deviations from the normal anatomy should be evaluated. <...> Key words: Sella Turcica, cranium, radiography, morphology, lateral cephalometrics, Turkish adults Contact information: Sahin Serkan, e-mail: moeritherium@hotmail.com. <...> THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE GENE POOL OF RUSSIA AND THE CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES Sheremetyeva Valentina Department of Anthropology, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Wide opportunities of the geographic method in physical anthropology have been demonstrated by many Soviet anthropologists <...>