Fischer-Möllers (36) study on 56 crania from the Western settlement of Icelanders in Greenland,
dated 1275-1350, shows that 37 or 66.1% had torus mandibularis. Of these 14 or 37% were
“severe”. Hooton (4) found torus mandibularis in 67.9% of Icelanders, almost the same percentage
as in the Western settlement. Fürst and Hansen (35) found torus mandibularis in 85% and FischerMöller
in 77.1% amongst Greenland Eskimos. For Lapps, Shreiner (17) reports 32.5%. FisherMöller
(36) states that torus mandibularis is more common among Icelanders, Greenland
Norsemen, Eskimos and Lapps, than among other people.