Ethnology and Phrenology

Phrenology

to the phenomena of the mind itself, or extended their view to existence at large, the most of them have relied exclusively upon the evidence supplied by consciousness both as regards the conditions under which knowledge is acquired and the general conclusions derived from that knowledge respecting the conditions under which things exist. This in fact has constituted a speciality of the science...

Phrenology and Character

Indian Ethnology

Morphology and Behavior: Phrenology Revisited

Research conducted by evolutionary psychologists and biologists shows that subtle individual differences in body morphology can be related to surprising and important differences in human behavior and reproductive success. The authors summarize recent work on these effects as they relate to fluctuating asymmetry, facial attractiveness, finger digit morphology, sexually dimorphic differences in ...

A history of ethnology

collected his data from three sources: conversation with natives, their accounts being reproduced in translation, and in particular the services of a remarkable Indian who was able to analyse acutely his own people; the author's personal experience when participating in drug-taking ceremonies; from a secondary source, the Spanish chronicles. The uniqueness of the book lies in Reichel-Dolmatoff'...