Definition of Craniology. Meaning of Craniology. Synonyms of Craniology

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Definition of Craniology

Craniology
Craniology Cra`ni*ol"o*gy (-j?), n. [Cranium + -logy.] The department of science (as of ethnology or arch[ae]ology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.

Meaning of Craniology from wikipedia

- Phrenology or Craniology (from Ancient Gr**** φρήν (phrēn) 'mind', and λόγος (logos) 'knowledge') is a pseudoscience that involves the measurement of bumps...
- Samuel George Morton (January 26, 1799 – May 15, 1851) was an American physician, natural scientist, and writer. As one of the early figures of scientific...
- female skull. These cranial measurements are the basis of what is known as craniology. These cranial measurements were also used to draw a connection between...
- legitimising female and non-mother-country race inferiority through studies of craniology, comparative anatomy, and phrenology. Biologists, naturalists, anthropologists...
- belong to the Caucasian anthropological type. According to the results of craniology, somatology, odontology, and dermatoglyphics, the native (Caucasian) origin...
- from Gr**** κρᾱνίον (krāníon), cranium, skull, bones enclosing the brain craniology -crine, crin(o)- to secrete Gr**** κρίνω (krínō), separate, divide, discern...
- Oceania. 2 (2). Larnach, Neil William George; Macintosh, S. L. (1970). The Craniology of the Aborigines of Queensland. University of Sydney. ISBN 0855570016...
- (December 2022). "Ancient Po****tion of the Lower Volga Region According to Craniology and Anthropological Facial Sculptural Reconstruction from a Skull". Nizhnevolzhskiy...
- Egyptian mummies served as a source for the object of study – skulls. Craniology was used to determine whether Egyptians were black or white, a debate...
- "mixture of various races", furthermore declaring that the "results of craniology" led to "struggle against any theory concerning the superiority of this...