3.1 Variation in the bite force associated with craniodental
traits
Most of the variation in the bite force data according to test LSD was
mainly explained for both males and females by the MANDL trait (t =
8.00, df = 12, P < 0.01; Figure 5). It was identified that 15
traits are significantly associated with a high bite force, including
greatest length of the skull, condylo-incisor length, condylo-canine
length, postorbital breadth, mastoid breadth, zygomatic arch breadth,
palatal length, mandibular toothrow length, and height of the coronoids
(Table 2).