A condition of having a flattened or low skull, measured as a cranial index indicating reduced vertical skull height.
From Greek 'chamai' (low/flat) combined with 'kephale' (head) and the medical suffix '-y'. An anthropological and medical term for skull morphology.
When anthropologists measured chamecephaly, they were trying to classify human populations—but this pseudoscientific approach was misused to justify racism, showing how technical terms can be twisted.
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