[The beginnings of anthropology in Hungary]

In the second half of the 19th century anthropological research started everywhere in the world. Cranioscopy formed an important part of physical anthropology. József Lenhossék (1818-1888) worked also on this subject and on the basis of one of his investigations in 1875 he became the founder of physical anthropology in Hungary. On 76 skulls of several collections and on 265 heads together with his coworkers he performed 50 measurements on each skulls and heads and calculated the important ratios (skull-indexes). He determined the skull-indexes of the Hungarian people. These indexes are valid also today.