单词	craniology
释义	craniology /ˌkreɪnɪˈɒlədʒi / noun [mass noun] historical 1The scientific study of the shape and size of the skulls of different human races.The modern and quantitative study of craniology derives essentially from the nineteenth century.... The medical superintendent had a long involvement with archaeology and craniology. By the mid-nineteenth century there was little distinction between formal articles on craniology and studies by enthusiastic amateurs. 1.1 another term for phrenology.He developed a ‘science’ called craniology, which sought to use the shape and measurement of the skull to deduce intelligence ratios.... One of the most eminent of the early researchers who used craniology to ‘prove’ intellectual inferiority of women was Paul Broca. It was predicated on the pseudo-sciences of eugenics and craniology. Derivatives craniological /kreɪnɪəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/ adjective ... Before he died he willed his body for medical research, and his cranium for craniological study. Two additional ‘craniological’ hypotheses, however, rendered the science empirically vulnerable. Utilizing craniological, literary, and pictorial evidence, he reconstructed the racial structure of ancient Greece. craniologist noun ... By today's standards, the theoretical blindness of the male 19 th-century craniologists seems outrageous. Samuel Bates is the master craniologist, ready to crack the puzzle of human variations. The skulls were taken home with the craniologists to be displayed in London.
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