craniometry

right|200px|thumb|A human skull and measurement device from 1902

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The cephalic index
Craniometry and anthropology
Cranial capacity, races and 19th–20th-century scientific ideas
Craniometry, phrenology and physiognomy
Criticisms and revival of past cranial theories in the 20th century
Modern use
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right|200px|thumb|A human skull and measurement device from 1902

Craniometry is measurement of the cranium (the main part of the skull), usually the human cranium. It is a subset of cephalometry, measurement of the head, which in humans is a subset of anthropometry, measurement of the human body. It is distinct from phrenology, the pseudoscience that tried to link personality and character to head shape, and physiognomy, which tried the same for facial features.