For much of history, people have believed faces held the key to how a life would turn out. Wikipedia.
Belief
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- from ancient times to 19th century,
- belief by philosophers and scientists
- face reading could predict
- actions of a person in the future
- Ancient Greeks and Physiognomy
- Aristotle
- “it is possible to infer character from features”,
- Pythagoras
- alleged to have chosen his followers
- based on lookslooked like.
- Also 18th and 19th centuries, practice continued
- mid-19th century, evolution to
- phrenology,
- size and shape of the hea
- not just the features
- revealed their character and could
- predict future behavior.
- India
- Facial gestures
- Move their head from side yes/no/maybe/sign of encouragement
- Mustache very common
- Black dot on the forehead
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