Physiognomy

thumb|Phrenological skull, European, 19th century. Wellcome Collection, London

thumb|right|240px|The field of ergonomics employs anthropometry to optimize human interaction with equipment and workplaces.

thumb|Lithographic drawing illustrative of the relation between the human physiognomy and that of the brute creation, by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) thumb|Illustration in a 19th-century book about physiognomy Physiognomy or face reading, sometimes known by the later term anthroposcopy, is the practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance—especially the face. The term physiognomy can also refer to the general appearance of a person, object, or terrain without reference to its implied characteristics—as in the physiognomy of an individual plant (see plant

Characterology () is the academic study of character which was prominent in German-speaking countries during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is considered a historic branch of personality psychology, which extended into psychoanalysis and sociology.

subfield of anthropology

Physiognomonics (; ) is an Ancient Greek pseudo-Aristotelian treatise on physiognomy attributed to Aristotle (and part of the Corpus Aristotelicum). It is a Peripatetic work, dated to the 4th/3rd century BC.

thumb|200px|John F. Kennedy, one of the twelve famous people [[George Ohsawa claimed were suffering from sanpaku because of visible sclerae under their irises.]]

vedic study of body feature and aura reading