Abstract: This study examined some of human fossil skulls and casts of the Pleistocene of China, Europe, Africa and Near East in the three non-metrical traits :the canine fossa, the marginal process and bulge superolateral to the pyriforme orifice. We got the following suggestions, (1) the canine fossa might have occurred with the human evolution in late Pleistocene Europe, (2) there is no geographical difference for the presence of the marginal process in the fossil skulls, and (3) the bulge superolateral to the pyriforme orifice of the Dali skull seems more comparable to that of European Neandertals rather than to that of the other Chinese fossil skulls studied in this paper.This might have reflected certain degree of gene exchange.

Key words: :Non-metrical traits; Canine fossa; Marginal process; Bulge superolateral to the pyri- forme orifice