Abstract: This study examined the changing features of head-face morphology with the increaseing age in a large sample of humans. Thirty-eight head-face characteristics on 705 individuals (151 urban males, 156 urban females, 203 rural males, and 195 rural males) of Han were investigated from Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province in May 2010. Twelve physical indices were calculated. Preliminary analysis was carried out on these head-face characteristics with the following results. 1) With increasing age, the Mongoloid fold rate decreased, the direction of eyeslit inclination moved towards a middle range, eye color became shallow the height of the narrow part of the upper lip declined, and lip thickness increased. 2) Correlation analysis showed that nose breadth, mouth breadth, nasal depth, upper lip height, physiognomic ear length, and physiognomic ear breadth were positively correlated with age. In contrast, external biocular breadth, lip height, and thickness of the lips were negatively correlated. The length- breadth index of the head and the lip index were also negatively correlated with age. Analysis of variance showed? that? there? were? significant? differences? between? the? different? age? groups? in? the? variable? and index values used in this research.

Key words: Head; Face; Indices; Age; Han; Jiangxi