Anthropometry
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Anthropometry refers to the measurement of the human individual. An early tool of physical anthropology, it has been used for identification, for the purposes of understanding human physical variation
A Bertillon record for Francis Galton, from a visit to Bertillon's laboratory in 1893
Example insole (in-shoe) foot pressure measurement device
An early set of finger- and handprints by Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet (1833–1917)
2009 photo showing a man having a retinal scan taken by a U.S. Army soldier
History of anthropometry
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The history of anthropometry includes its use as an early tool of anthropology, use for identification, use for the purposes of understanding human physical variation in paleoanthropology and in vario
Anthropometry
…changes in the distribution of body dimensions (e.g. the rise in obesity) and require regular updating of anthropometric data collections. History A Bertillon record for Francis Galton, from a visit to Bertillon's laboratory in 1893 The history of anthropometry includes and spans various concepts, both scientific…
Pithecometra: In the frontispiece from his 1863 Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature, Thomas Huxley compared skeletons of apes to humans.
A head-measuring tool designed for anthropological research in the early 1910s. Theodor Kocher was inventor of the craniometer.
Illustration from "The Speaking Portrait" (Pearson's Magazine, Vol XI, January to June 1901) demonstrating the principles of Bertillon's anthropometry