人類外貌

人類的外貌是指人類個體的外在表型或外觀。

人類表型有無限的變異，儘管社會試圖將變異性減少到不同的類別。人類學家認為，人類的外貌，尤其是那些被認為對身體吸引力很重要的屬性，會顯著影響人格和社會關係的發展。人類對自己的外表非常敏感（參看身體意象等有關條目）。^[1] 人類外表的一些差異是遺傳的，另一些是人體（身心）發展階段或狀態（如老化）、生活方式或疾病的結果，還有許多是人為修飾的結果。

有些人將一些差異與種族聯繫起來，例如骨架形狀等。不同的文化對外貌及其對社會地位和其他現象的重視程度不同。

由於身體的特徵導致外貌的差異

由於遺傳的緣故導致外貌的差異

皮膚 - 膚色、痣、胎記、雀斑
毛髮 - 體毛、髮色、髮質、眉型
眼睛 - 眼睛的顏色
鼻子 - 鼻子形狀
耳朵 - 耳朵形狀

長時間引起的外貌變化

短時間引起的外貌變化

表情
- 臉紅
- 哭泣

修飾的外貌變化

參考資料

^ Anderson-Fye, EP. Cash, Thomas F. , 編. 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. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於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. , 編. 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. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於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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