anthropometry
31Henry Classification System — The Henry Classification System is a long standing method by which fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics for one to many searching. Developed by Sir Edward Henry in the late 1800s for criminal investigations in British India,… …
32Negroid — types according to Meyers Blitz Lexicon, published in 1932 Negroid is a term sometimes used by forensic anthropologists and physical anthropologists to refer to populations that share certain phenotypic traits such as high Melanin levels (dark… …
33police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …
34race — race1 /rays/, n., v., raced, racing. n. 1. a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing. 2. races, a series of races, usually of horses or dogs, run at a set time over a regular course: They spent a day at the races. 3. any… …
35Race — /rays/, n. Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland. * * * I Term once commonly used in physical anthropology to denote a division of humankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a… …
36Morris Steggerda — (September 1, 1900 March 15, 1950) was an American physical anthropologist. He worked primarily on Central American and Caribbean populations. Contents 1 Biography 2 Academic work 3 Publications 3.1 Books …
37Racialism — is an emphasis on race or racial considerations.[1] Currently, racialism entails a belief in the existence and significance of racial categories, but not necessarily that any absolute hierarchy between the races has been demonstrated by a… …
38Human height — Tall redirects here. For other uses, see Tall (disambiguation). Human height is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body standing erect. When populations share genetic background and environmental factors,… …
39Anthropometrie — ist die Lehre der Ermittlung und Anwendung der Maße des menschlichen Körpers. Anthropometrie wird vor allem in der Ergonomie zur Gestaltung von Arbeitsplätzen, Fahrzeugen, Werkzeug und Möbeln gebraucht sowie im Arbeitsschutz zur Festlegung von… …
40Mongoloid — redirects here. For the song by Devo, see Mongoloid (song). For the genetic disorder, see Down s Syndrome …
