Anthropometry: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Anthropometry: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Anthropometry: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
org/wiki/Anthropometry
Anthropometry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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12 In popular culture
13 See also
14 References
15 Further reading
16 External links
History
The history of anthropometry includes and spans various concepts, both
scientific and pseudoscientific, such as craniometry, paleoanthropology,
biological anthropology, phrenology, physiognomy, forensics, criminology,
phylogeography, human origins, and cranio-facial description, as well as
correlations between various anthropometrics and personal identity, mental
typology, personality, cranial vault and brain size, and other factors.
Auxologic
Auxologic is a broad term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth
Height
Human height varies greatly between individuals and across populations for a variety of complex biological,
genetic, and environmental factors, among others. Due to methodological and practical problems, its
measurement is also subject to considerable error in statistical sampling.
The average height in genetically and environmentally homogeneous populations is often proportional across a
large number of individuals. Exceptional height variation (around 20% deviation from a population's average)
within such a population is sometimes due to gigantism or dwarfism, which are caused by specific genes or
endocrine abnormalities.[3]
In the most extreme population comparisons, for example, the average female height in Bolivia is 142.2 cm (4 ft
8.0 in) while the average male height in the Dinaric Alps is 185.6 cm (6 ft 1.1 in), an average difference of
43.4 cm (1 ft 5.1 in). Similarly, the shortest and tallest of individuals, Chandra Bahadur Dangi and Robert
Wadlow, have ranged from 1 ft 9 in (53 cm) to 8 ft 11.1 in (272 cm), respectively.[4][5]
Weight
Human weight varies extensively both individually and across populations, with the most extreme documented
examples of adults being Lucia Zarate who weighed 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg), and Jon Brower Minnoch who
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weighed 1,400 pounds (640 kg), and with population extremes ranging from 109.3 pounds (49.6 kg) in
Bangladesh to 192.7 pounds (87.4 kg) in Micronesia.[6][7]
Organs
Adult brain size varies from 974.9 cm3 (59.49 cu in) to 1,498.1 cm3 (91.42 cu in) in females and 1,052.9 cm3
(64.25 cu in) to 1,498.5 cm3 (91.44 cu in) in males, with the average being 1,130 cm3 (69 cu in) and 1,260 cm3
(77 cu in), respectively.[8][9] The right cerebral hemisphere is typically larger than the left, whereas the
cerebellar hemispheres are typically of more similar size.
Size of the human stomach varies significantly in adults, with one study showing volumes ranging from
520 cm3 (32 cu in) to 1,536 cm3 (93.7 cu in) and weights ranging from 77 grams (2.7 oz) to 453 grams
(16.0 oz).[10]
Male and female genitalia exhibit considerable individual variation, with penis size differing substantially and
vaginal size differing significantly in healthy adults.[11][12][13]
Aesthetic
Human beauty and physical attractiveness have been preoccupations throughout history which often intersect
with anthropometric standards. Cosmetology, facial symmetry, and waisthip ratio are three such examples
where measurements are commonly thought to be fundamental.
Evolutionary science
Anthropometric studies today are conducted to investigate the evolutionary significance of differences in body
proportion between populations whose ancestors lived in different environments. Human populations exhibit
climatic variation patterns similar to those of other large-bodied mammals, following Bergmann's rule, which
states that individuals in cold climates will tend to be larger than ones in warm climates, and Allen's rule, which
states that individuals in cold climates will tend to have shorter, stubbier limbs than those in warm climates.
Measuring instruments
3D body scanners
Today anthropometry can be performed with three-dimensional scanners. A global collaborative study to
examine the uses of three-dimensional scanners for health care was launched in March 2007. The Body
Benchmark Study will investigate the use of three-dimensional scanners to calculate volumes and segmental
volumes of an individual body scan. The aim is to establish whether the Body Volume Index has the potential to
be used as a long-term computer-based anthropometric measurement for health care. In 2001 the UK conducted
the largest sizing survey to date using scanners. Since then several national surveys have followed in the UK's
pioneering steps, notably SizeUSA, SizeMexico, and SizeThailand, the latter still ongoing. SizeUK showed that
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the nation had become taller and heavier but not as much as expected. Since 1951, when the last women's
survey had taken place, the average weight for women had gone up from 62 to 65 kg.
Baropodographic
Direct measurements involve examinations of brains from corpses, or more recently, imaging techniques such
as MRI, which can be used on living persons. Such measurements are used in research on neuroscience and
intelligence. Brain volume data and other craniometric data are used in mainstream science to compare modern-
day animal species, and to analyze the evolution of the human species in archeology. With the discovery that
many blood proteins vary consistently among populations, followed by the discovery of the DNA code, the
invention of the polymerase chain reaction that amplifies trace amounts of DNA, and the decoding of the human
genome, phylogeographers largely switched away from craniofacial anthropometry whenever DNA is available.
One part of a biological profile is a person's racial or ancestral affinity. People with considerable European
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Ergonomics
Today, ergonomics professionals apply an understanding of human factors to the design of equipment, systems
and working methods in order to improve comfort, health, safety, and productivity. This includes physical
ergonomics in relation to human anatomy, physiological and bio mechanical characteristics; cognitive
ergonomics in relation to perception, memory, reasoning, motor response including humancomputer
interaction, mental workloads, decision making, skilled performance, human reliability, work stress, training,
and user experiences; organizational ergonomics in relation to metrics of communication, crew resource
management, work design, schedules, teamwork, participation, community, cooperative work, new work
programs, virtual organizations, and telework; environmental ergonomics in relation to human metrics affected
by climate, temperature, pressure, vibration, and light; visual ergonomics; and others.[22][23]
Biometrics
Biometrics refers to the identification of humans by their
characteristics or traits. Biometrics is used in computer science as a
form of identification and access control.[24] It is also used to
identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance. Biometric
identifiers are the distinctive, measurable characteristics used to
label and describe individuals.[25] Biometric identifiers are often
categorized as physiological versus behavioral characteristics.[26]
Example applications include dermatoglyphics and soft biometrics.
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Fashion design
Scientists working for private companies and government agencies conduct anthropometric studies to determine
a range of sizes for clothing and other items. Measurements of the foot are used in the manufacture and sale of
footwear: measurement devices may be used either to determine a retail shoe size directly (e.g. the Brannock
Device) or to determine the detailed dimensions of the foot for custom manufacture (e.g. ALINEr).[30]
In popular culture
In art Yves Klein termed his performance paintings anthropometries, where he covered nude women with
paint, and used their bodies as paintbrushes.
See also
Anthropometric cosmetology Guidonian hand
Biometrics Digit ratio
Cephalometry Eigenface
Chironomia Human height
Craniometry Human weight
Dermatoglyphics Kinanthropometry
Genetic fingerprinting Mandibulometry
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Morphometry Reflexology
Morphometrics Samuel George Morton
Osteometry Single transverse palmar crease
Palmistry Statistical shape analysis
Phrenology World Engineering Anthropometry Resource
Physiognomy
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Further reading
Anthropometric Survey of Army Personnel: Methods and Summary Statistics 1988 (http://www.dtic.mil
/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a225094.pdf)
ISO 7250: Basic human body measurements for technological design, International Organization for
Standardization, 1998.
ISO 8559: Garment construction and anthropometric surveys Body dimensions, International
Organization for Standardization, 1989.
ISO 15535: General requirements for establishing anthropometric databases, International Organization
for Standardization, 2000.
ISO 15537: Principles for selecting and using test persons for testing anthropometric aspects of industrial
products and designs, International Organization for Standardization, 2003.
ISO 20685: 3-D scanning methodologies for internationally compatible anthropometric databases,
International Organization for Standardization, 2005.
Pheasant, Stephen (1986). Bodyspace : anthropometry, ergonomics, and design. London; Philadelphia:
Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-85066-352-0. (A classic review of human body sizes.)
Redman, Samuel (2016). Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674660410.
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External links
Anthropometry (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/anthropometry/)
Look up anthropometry in
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wiktionary, the free
Anthropometry and Biomechanics (http://msis.jsc.nasa.gov dictionary.
/sections/section03.htm) at NASA
Anthropometry data at faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at Wikimedia Commons has
Delft University of Technology (http://www.dined.nl) media related to
Manual for Obtaining Anthropometric Measurements Free Full Anthropometry.
Text (http://www.ngds-ku.org/ngds_folder/M02.pdf)
Prepared for the US Access Board: Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Project Report Free Full Text
(http://www.udeworld.com/anthropometrics.html)
Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource ProjectCAESAR
(http://www.store.sae.org/caesar) at SAE International
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