craniology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

craniology
    n 1: the scientific study of the skulls of various human races

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Craniology \Cra`ni*ol"o*gy\ (-j?), n. [Cranium + -logy.]
   The department of science (as of ethnology or arch[ae]ology)
   which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications,
   etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "craniology":
      anatomy, anthropography, anthropologist, anthropology,
      anthropometry, behavioral science, craniometry, demography,
      ethnography, ethnologist, ethnology, human ecology,
      human geography, metoposcopy, phrenologist, phrenology,
      physiognomy, psychology, science of man, sociologist, sociology

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