Applied physical anthropology in the U.S. Army

In recent decades anthropometry has declined, except for applied anthropology. Instead of measuring the bodies of the last remnants of aboriginal populations, anthropometrists measure military personnel and civilians in order to design railroad and airplane seats and space suits. Doctors of Philosophy have become tailors to the new age of science. C. Coon, The Origin of Races (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962)