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Anthropological traits


In the links below are illustrations of some basic anthropometric traits and some technical terms used in the phenotype descriptions. For better understanding, it is recommended to go through this overview before studying the phenotype descriptions. In fact, there exist many more anthropometric traits that are not shown here.

Hair and Skin:

Skin colour
Hair colour
Hair texture
Body hair

Body:

Height
Trunk length
Body type
Steatopygia

Head / Skull :

Cephalic index / Head breadth
Height-Length index / Head height
Head size

Elements of the face :

Nose breadth
Face breadth
Prognathism
Eye folds