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According to Chinese or some Asian old knowledge, there is a connection between human physical appearance and human characters.
For example, a person who has high cheek bones tends to demand things such as money or wealth more than the one who has lower cheek bones.
Or, a person who has a high and straight nose tends to be more serious.
Do we have a similar study in the West?
I am not sure "anthropology" is the word.
I think "anthropology" seems too broad.
Remarkably there is a word for this exact thing!
Physiognomy (from the Greek φύσις, 'physis', meaning "nature", and 'gnomon', meaning "judge" or "interpreter") is the practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance—especially the face (Wikipedia)
The notion that you could infer personality from faces was popular 150 years ago, it is now mostly considered a pseudoscience.
