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  2. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    An average person is generally 7-and-a-half heads tall (including the head). An ideal figure, used when aiming for an impression of nobility or grace, is drawn at 8 heads tall. A heroic figure, used in the depiction of gods and superheroes, is eight-and-a-half heads tall. Most of the additional length comes from a bigger chest and longer legs.

  3. Effect of gait parameters on energetic cost - Wikipedia

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    The parameters of gait for a fixed walking speed all vary with the size (e.g. leg length) of different individuals. However, a typical or average self-selected value can be estimated based on average human size. The mechanical work and metabolic cost associated with these parameters can be described by the dynamic walking model.

  4. List of human-based units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Lichas - thumb length. This is a list of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units). It does not include derived units further unless they are also themselves human-based. These units are thus considered to be human scale and anthropocentric.

  5. Estimation of stature - Wikipedia

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    For example, human body height is to be the length of eight heads, with an additional one-quarter head for neck length. Leg length is to be four head lengths. [1] Forensic estimation of stature is part of the identification process necessary when dismembered body parts are found. It is also possible to estimate the stature from bones. [2]

  6. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.

  7. Height in sports - Wikipedia

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    In the 21st century, 20 of the 24 Formula One seasons have been won by competitors shorter than 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in), including 1.71 m (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Fernando Alonso, 1.74 m (5 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel, and 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Nico Rosberg, with the ...

  8. Pace (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A pace is a unit of length consisting either of one normal walking step (approximately 0.75 metres or 30 inches), or of a double step, returning to the same foot (approximately 1.5 metres or 60 inches). The normal pace length decreases with age and some health conditions. [1]

  9. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    3.7 mleg span of a Japanese spider crab; 3.7 mlength of a southern elephant seal, the largest living pinniped; 5 mlength of an elephant; 5.2 m – height of a giraffe [122] 5.5 m – height of a Baluchitherium, the largest land mammal ever lived; 6.5 m – wingspan of Argentavis, the largest flying bird known