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Human physical appearance

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Humans are distributed across the globe except for Antarctica and form a variable species. In adults, the average weight varies from around 40 kg (88 pounds) for the smallest and most lightly built tropical people to around 80 kg (176 pounds) for the heavier northern peoples. Size also varies between
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of immigration have repeatedly shown that if a person who is obese believes that their body is beyond individual control but is placed into a medical system that assumes individual rational actors in its treatments, adherence is likely to be low and those treatments are ineffective... ethnic Fijian
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There are functionally infinite variations in human phenotypes, though society reduces the variability to distinct categories. The physical appearance of humans, in particular those attributes which are regarded as important for
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or elongated stride. Different cultures place different degrees of emphasis on physical appearance and its importance to social status and other phenomena.
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women associated the thin body ideal with a particular lifestyle that they found desirable
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Various aspects are considered relevant to the physical appearance of humans.
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Anthropological Perspectives on Physical Appearance, and Body Image
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Clothing, personal effects, and intentional body modifications
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to affect the development of personality significantly and
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Other functional objects, temporarily attached to the body
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Genetic, ethnic affiliation, geographical ancestry.
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Index

phenotype

physical attractiveness
anthropologists
social relations
genetic
age
lifestyle
disease
adornment
ethnicity
prognathism
Anatomical variation
sexual dimorphism
chimpanzees
Height
body weight
skin tone
body hair
sexual organs
hair color
hair texture
eye color
eye
epicanthic fold
eyelid variations
nose
nasal bridge
ear
earlobes

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