| Historical Anatomies on the Web (399 words) |
 | Joseph Vimont was born in Caen, France, on March 27, 1795. |
| By the end of the 1840s, scientists were debunking many of phrenology's most notorious claims, but it remained a popular field of study amongst lay people until late in the 19th century. |
| Other movements can be said to have found their beginnings in phrenology, however, such as Broca's studies of brain localization, the study of the human animal (anthropology), and the study of the "races," which eventually led to many eugenics and ethnic purity movements. |
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