Summary. The growth type of the human occipital squamous part is completely different in Man and in Monkeys and Apes. The adult proportions between the sus-iniac and the sub-iniac parts are obtained through opposite rythms of relative growth, although at a certain, birth-close period of ontogeny, all the species seem to follow a similar size and shape relation.
Petit-Maire Heintz N., Dricot. Ch., Dricot J.-M. Croissance relative des parties sus- et sous-iniaques de l’écaillé occipitale chez les Singes Cynomorphes, les Pongidés et les Hominidés actuels et fossiles. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’anthropologie de Paris, XII° Série. Tome 6 fascicule 3, 1970. pp. 295-306.