Phrenology was an early-twentieth-century pseudoscience that read people's intelligence,capacities,and race from:
A) variations in body size.
B) differences in head formation.
C) genetic documentation of ancestors.
D) bone structure and strength.

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Phrenology was based on the belief that different areas of the brain were responsible for different personality traits and abilities. Proponents of phrenology claimed that the shape and size of the skull could indicate the strength or weakness of these areas, thereby providing information about a person's intelligence, abilities, and even their racial characteristics. However, this theory has been widely discredited and is now considered a pseudoscience.

Phrenology Was an Early-Twentieth-Century Pseudoscience That Read People's Intelligence,capacities,and Race