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Leading criminologists were inferring criminal tendencies from eyebrow type well into the late 19th century in Europe. Specifically, Cesare Lombroso's[1] theor
by ttctciyf 12y ago
Leading criminologists were inferring criminal tendencies from eyebrow type well into the late 19th century in Europe.
Specifically, Cesare Lombroso's[1] theory of Anthropological Criminology listed, amongst a number of other characteristics such as large ears and (if I remember my criminology class) supernumerary nipples:
"bushy eyebrows, tending to meet across nose"[2]
as a physiognomic feature useful in identifying "criminal man."
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Lombroso
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropological_criminology#The_theory