I forget which exact year I visited the Smithsonian institute -- it was sometime in the early 90s-- but I remember seeing an exhibit displaying the different "human somatypes". Ever since then, I was under the impression they simply represented classifications for the human body's frame (short with tendency to be fat; tall with tendency towards being lean, etc). Unfortunately, my skills in absorbing important details were faulty, and I overlooked the hokey psychological profiling packaged along with these supposed classifications. I guess the anachronistic context of the display zipped right past me.
At any rate, my question: have scientifically valid classifications for the different human anatomical body frames ever been established?
At any rate, my question: have scientifically valid classifications for the different human anatomical body frames ever been established?