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  2. Human physical appearance - Wikipedia

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    Many humans are acutely sensitive to their physical appearance. [1] Some differences in human appearance are genetic, others are the result of age, lifestyle or disease, and many are the result of personal adornment. Some people have linked some differences with ethnicity, such as skeletal shape, prognathism or elongated stride. Different ...

  3. Body image - Wikipedia

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    Venus with a Mirror (1555) by Titian. Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. [1] The concept of body image is used in several disciplines, including neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural and feminist studies; the media also often uses the term.

  4. Human body - Wikipedia

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    Comparative physiology – Study of the diversity of functional characteristics of organisms. Development of the human body – Process of human growth to maturity; Glossary of medicine; Human physical appearance – Look, outward phenotype; Medicine – Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness; Organ system; Outline of human anatomy

  5. 11 surprising things that your physical appearance says ... - AOL

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    11 surprising things that your physical appearance says about you. Erin Brodwin. August 2, 2016 at 10:20 AM ... People can also get a surprisingly accurate read of your personality from a photo.

  6. Body shape - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the waist–hip ratio is 60/90 or 24/36 = 0.67. Many terms or classifications are used to describe body shape types: V shape: Males tend to have proportionally smaller buttocks, bigger chests and wider shoulders, wider latissimus dorsi and a small waist which makes for a V-shape of the torso.

  7. Category:Human appearance - Wikipedia

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  8. Physical attractiveness - Wikipedia

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    A person's physical characteristics can signal cues to fertility and health, [14] [15] [16] with statistical modeling studies showing that the facial shape variables that reflect aspects of physiological health, including body fat and blood pressure, also influence observers' perceptions of health. [17]

  9. Physiognomy - Wikipedia

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    In De humana physiognomia (1586), della Porta used woodcuts of animals to illustrate human characteristics. Both della Porta and Browne adhered to the 'doctrine of signatures'—that is, the belief that the physical structures of nature such as a plant's roots, stem, and flower, were indicative keys (or 'signatures') to their medicinal potentials.