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For much of history, people have believed faces held the key to how a life would turn out. Wikipedia.
Belief
    • 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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