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  2. Color terminology for race - Wikipedia

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    Members of this category are described as white, the categorization being based on facial features rather than skin colour. His fourth category are the Lapps ( Lappons ), described as a savage race with faces reminiscent of bears (but for which the author admits to rely on hearsay).

  3. Cross-race effect - Wikipedia

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    For example, outgroup members may associate specific facial features with a particular race or ethnicity, and do not notice the subtle variations in skin tone, lip size, or brow strength that ingroup members recognize. Categorical thinking happens more consistently for outgroup participants while individuation does the exact opposite. [3]

  4. Race and society - Wikipedia

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    Social interpretations of race regard the common categorizations of people into different races.Race is often culturally understood to be rigid categories (Black, White, Pasifika, Asian, etc) in which people can be classified based on biological markers or physical traits such as skin colour or facial features.

  5. Racial and ethnic misclassification in the United States

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    There are some facial features or combinations of features that observers find harder to classify as belonging to a group within their existing notions of race. Individuals whom observers find hard to categorize are considered 'racially ambiguous' by outside observers and are often multiracial. Racially ambiguous people are likely to experience ...

  6. Physiognomy - Wikipedia

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    DNNs offer an opportunity to identify links between characteristics and facial features that might be missed or misinterpreted by the human brain. [ 6 ] The relationship between facial features and character traits such as political or sexual orientation is complex, but involves the fact that facial features can shape social behavior, partially ...

  7. Olmec alternative origin speculations - Wikipedia

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    Based on his comparisons, Wiercinski found that 14% of the skeletons from Tlatilco and 4.5% of the skeletons from Cerro de las Mesas had elements of "Black" racial composition. In the last section of his paper, Wiercinski compared the physiognomy of the skeletons to corresponding examples of Olmec sculptures and bas-reliefs on the stelas.

  8. Face perception - Wikipedia

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    Bruce & Young Model of Face Recognition, 1986. One of the most widely accepted theories of face perception argues that understanding faces involves several stages: [7] from basic perceptual manipulations on the sensory information to derive details about the person (such as age, gender or attractiveness), to being able to recall meaningful details such as their name and any relevant past ...

  9. History of anthropometry - Wikipedia

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    The "Bertillonage" system was based on the finding that several measures of physical features, such as the dimensions of bony structures in the body, remain fairly constant throughout adult life. Bertillon concluded that when these measurements were made and recorded systematically, every individual would be distinguishable. [5]