What was the relationship between phrenology and eugenics?
Frequently Asked Question about the extinct profession: Phrenologist
Phrenology, the study of skull shapes to determine personality traits, influenced early eugenics by promoting the idea that certain traits were hereditary. Proponents of eugenics used phrenological concepts to justify selective breeding and social policies aimed at improving the human population. Both movements shared pseudoscientific foundations and contributed to discriminatory practices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.