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I’ve seen this word thrown around here while looking through the site, and It’s usually used in reference to the body types of Egyptians. I’m wondering about what that term means specifically and how it would look physically.
Thanks.
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quote:Originally posted by Kimbles: I’ve seen this word thrown around here while looking through the site, and It’s usually used in reference to the body types of Egyptians. I’m wondering about what that term means specifically and how it would look physically.
Thanks.
Its seems like the term "tropical body plan" hasn't been talked about on Egyptsearch for years
If I recall it was legs that are long in proportion to torso
The term is actually in nearly no science articles except in this long thesis by Michelle H. Raxter, University of South Florida Egyptian Body Size: A Regional and Worldwide Comparison
over 300 pages, takes a couple of minutes , then Ctrl + F for
The term that we used to talk about a lot that is used in science articles is "tropically adapted limb ratios" or "tropically adapted limb proportions" similarly meaning: slender trunks and long limbs (which can be calculated as a proportion, one to the other)
In colder climates you find thicker people with shorter limbs, that retains heat more
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quote:Originally posted by Kimbles: I’ve seen this word thrown around here while looking through the site, and It’s usually used in reference to the body types of Egyptians. I’m wondering about what that term means specifically and how it would look physically.
Thanks.
Tropical body plan is a shortening of tropically-adapted limb proportions or ratio. It's a self defining criteria describing people who have long limbs relative to their torso. It also is more nuanced in looking at limb ratios in relation to each other. (brachial and crural indices.) These term are used broadly and in many Scientific papers. Lioness should know this.
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quote:Originally posted by Kimbles: I’ve seen this word thrown around here while looking through the site, and It’s usually used in reference to the body types of Egyptians. I’m wondering about what that term means specifically and how it would look physically.
Thanks.
Tropical body plan is a shortening of tropically-adapted limb proportions or ratio. It's a self defining criteria describing people who have long limbs relative to their torso. It also is more nuanced in looking at limb ratios in relation to each other. (brachial and crural indices.) These term are used broadly and in many Scientific papers. Lioness should know this.
maybe you forgot to read this part of my post>
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: The term that we used to talk about a lot that is used in science articles is "tropically adapted limb ratios" or "tropically adapted limb proportions" similarly meaning: slender trunks and long limbs (which can be calculated as a proportion, one to the other)
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