Meaning & use
Craniology
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The scientific study of the size, shape, and structural features of skulls, historically used to compare human populations.
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Nineteenth-century craniology was later discredited for its role in justifying racist pseudoscience.
The museum's craniology collection is now studied mainly for its history rather than its original claims.
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Once a mainstream 19th-century discipline, craniology's methods are now largely rejected by modern anthropology as scientifically unsound.
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