人类外貌

人类的外貌是指人类个体的外在表型或外观。

人类表型有无限的变异，尽管社会试图将变异性减少到不同的类别。人类学家认为，人类的外貌，尤其是那些被认为对身体吸引力很重要的属性，会显著影响人格和社会关系的发展。人类对自己的外表非常敏感（参看身体意象等有关条目）。^[1] 人类外表的一些差异是遗传的，另一些是人体（身心）发展阶段或状态（如老化）、生活方式或疾病的结果，还有许多是人为修饰的结果。

有些人将一些差异与种族联系起来，例如骨架形状等。不同的文化对外貌及其对社会地位和其他现象的重视程度不同。

由于身体的特征导致外貌的差异

由于遗传的缘故导致外貌的差异

皮肤 - 肤色、痣、胎记、雀斑
毛发 - 体毛、发色、发质、眉型
眼睛 - 眼睛的颜色
鼻子 - 鼻子形状
耳朵 - 耳朵形状

长时间引起的外貌变化

短时间引起的外貌变化

表情
- 脸红
- 哭泣

修饰的外貌变化

参考资料

^ Anderson-Fye, EP. Cash, Thomas F. , 编. Anthropological Perspectives on Physical Appearance and Body Image (PDF). Body Image and Its Disorder in Anthropology 1. Academic Press: 19. 2012 [August 9, 2018]. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-384925-0.00003-1. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2021-12-20）. [Cases] of immigration have repeatedly shown that if a person who is obese believes that his or her body is beyond individual control but is placed into a medical system that assumes individual rational actors in its treatments, adherence is likely to be low and those treatments are ineffective...[Young] ethnic Fijian women associated the thin body ideal with a particular lifestyle that they found desirable

[1] Anderson-Fye, EP. Cash, Thomas F. , 编. Anthropological Perspectives on Physical Appearance and Body Image (PDF). Body Image and Its Disorder in Anthropology 1. Academic Press: 19. 2012 [August 9, 2018]. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-384925-0.00003-1. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2021-12-20）. [Cases] of immigration have repeatedly shown that if a person who is obese believes that his or her body is beyond individual control but is placed into a medical system that assumes individual rational actors in its treatments, adherence is likely to be low and those treatments are ineffective...[Young] ethnic Fijian women associated the thin body ideal with a particular lifestyle that they found desirable

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