craniology
noun
the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
craniological
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a word derived from
craniology.
Example Sentences
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Their determined adhesion to Slav ideals and rejection of Turkish ways should serve as a reminder to anthropologists that peoples are not mainly to be judged and divided off by craniological peculiarities.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
I say ignorance, for the aversion to the doctrines of Gall was due far more to the ignorance of the profession and their entire neglect of the craniological method than to any other causes.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
His having taken so much pains in collecting facts and drawings on this point, necessarily leads to the inference that he attaches much value to the craniological distinctions.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
A second excursion, still in Mr. Hill's company, was made 60after craniological specimens to Long Bay, twelve miles distant, among whose thickets a few natives had been residing for some weeks.
To throw more than a cursory glance at them Would lead me into interminable disquisitions of a mythological, anthropological, craniological, and antediluvian nature for which one would not find universal approval among his readers.
From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John
