History of anthropometry
ASPECT OF HISTORY
Bertillonage; Craniofacial anthropometry; Caucasoid, Negroid, Mongoloid, Australoid, Capoid; Races of craniofacial anthropology; Races of physical anthropology; Races of Craniofacial Anthropology; Bertillon system
The history of anthropometry includes its use as an early tool of anthropology, use for identification, use for the purposes of understanding human physical variation in paleoanthropology and in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits. At various points in history, certain anthropometrics have been cited by advocates of discrimination and eugenics often as part of novel or based upon pseudoscience.