Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 49 6 2011 06 15 331 335 EN Mohammad Mehdi Tavassoli Department of Archaeology, Sistan and Bluchestan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. 2015 09 28 Metopism had been observed as a genetic trait. Recent studies have brought to light that it can get as an indicator of cranial pathology. An example of this pathology has been studied by this author on an Iranian skeletal sample. The purpose of this paper is to provide basic information on the subject and thereby to create awareness among Iranian anthropologists and archaeologists of this new line of evidence as well as to pathologists. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3752 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/3752/3727