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Also known as body measurement

thumb|right|240px|The field of ergonomics employs anthropometry to optimize human interaction with equipment and workplaces.

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  • History
  • Individual variation
  • Auxologic
  • Height
  • Weight
  • Organs
  • Aesthetic
  • Evolutionary science
  • Measuring instruments
  • 3D body scanners
  • Baropodographic
  • Neuroimaging
  • Epidemiology and medical anthropology
  • Forensics and criminology
  • Ergonomics
  • Biometrics
  • United States military research
  • Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource Project
  • Fashion design
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thumb|right|240px|The field of ergonomics employs anthropometry to optimize human interaction with equipment and workplaces.

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, in paleoanthropology and in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits. Anthropometry involves the systematic measurement of the physical properties of the human body, primarily dimensional descriptors of body size and shape.

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