craniology

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C0724400 (krā′nē-ŏl′ə-jē)n. The scientific study of the characteristics of the skull, such as size and shape, especially in humans.

cra′ni·o·log′i·cal (-ə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.cra′ni·o·log′i·cal·ly adv.cra′ni·ol′o·gist n.

craniology

(ˌkreɪnɪˈɒlədʒɪ) n (Anthropology & Ethnology) the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races craniological adj ˌcranioˈlogically adv ˌcraniˈologist n

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(ˌkreɪ niˈɒl ə dʒi)

n. a science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls. [1800–10]

craniology

the science that studies the size, shape, and other features of human skulls. — craniologist, n. — craniologic, craniological, adj.See also: Head

craniology

The study of the shapes and sizes of human skulls.

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Noun

craniology - the scientific study of the skulls of various human racesbioscience, life science - any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organismsphrenology - a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties

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craniology

the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races

Craniology

a branch of anatomy concerned with the structure of the skull of man and animals.

Measurement parameters (craniometry) and descriptive features (cranioscopy) are used to characterize the structure of the skull. Individual structural characteristics are determined with special instruments that permit the skull to be drawn in different planes and projections (craniography). Craniological studies are widely used in anthropology. The patterns of variations in and relationships between such things as the structural characteristics of the skull, age-related changes, and sexual differences are studied in human morphology to solve general theoretical problems and to meet the needs of applied anthropology. In the study of anthropogenesis, craniological data are used to characterize the stages in the physical evolution of man and monkeys, thus helping to distinguish the features peculiar to the successive stages in the formation of the skull. In studies of race, conclusions are drawn from studies of skull material concerning the differentiation of racial types. A comparison of the craniological series of the same or different eras associated with a certain territory reveals the similarity or difference between the ancient populations of the territories under study. M. M. Gerasimov's efforts to reconstruct the face of ancient and modern peoples from the skull are widely known.

REFERENCES

Debets, G. F. “Paleoantropologiia SSSR.” In the collection Tr. Instituta etnografii AN SSSR, Novaia seriia, vol. 4. Moscow-Leningrad, 1948.
Bunak, V. V. “Cherep cheloveka i stadii ego formirovaniia u iskopaemykh liudei i sovremennykh ras.” Ibid., vol. 49. Moscow, 1959.
Gerasimov, M. M. “Vosstanovlenie litsa po cherepu.” Ibid., vol. 28. Moscow, 1955.
Alekseev, V. P., and G. F. Debets. Kraniometriia. Moscow, 1964.

V. P. CHTETSOV

craniology

cra·ni·ol·o·gy

(krā'nē-ol'ō-jē), The science concerned with variations in size, shape, and proportion of the cranium, especially with the variations characterizing the different races of humans. [cranio- + G. logos, study]

craniology

(krā′nē-ŏl′ə-jē)n. The scientific study of the characteristics of the skull, such as size and shape, especially in humans.

cra′ni·o·log′i·cal (-ə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.cra′ni·o·log′i·cal·ly adv.cra′ni·ol′o·gist n.

cra·ni·ol·o·gy

(krānē-olŏ-jē) The science concerned with variations in size, shape, and proportion of the cranium, especially with the variations characterizing the different races of humans.

cra·ni·ol·o·gy

(krānē-olŏ-jē) The science concerned with variations in size, shape, and proportion of the cranium.

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