2.2: Scale, Human Space, Powers of Ten for Physical Anthropology
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Meters | Common Measurement | Abbreviation | Relevance |
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10 -10 | 1 ångström | 1 Å | Size of an atom |
10 -9 | 1 nanometer | 1 nm | Diameter of DNA helix, size of a base |
10 -8 | 10 nanometers | 10 nm | Size of a codon (3 base pairs) |
10 -7 | 100 nanometers | 100 nm | Locus, length of a typical gene |
10 -6 | 1 micron | 1 µm | Cell nucleus, Plasmodium falciparum |
10 -5 | 10 microns | 10 µm | Typical primate cell |
10 -4 | 100 microns (micrometer) | 100 µm | Patch of melanin, width of hair, human egg |
10 -3 | 1 millimeter | 1 mm | The height of a cusp on a Y-5 molar |
10 -2 | 1 centimeter | 1 cm | Human ear bones,Anopheles mosquito |
10 -1 | 10 centimeters | 10 cm | Length of a human's opposable thumb |
10 0 | 1 meter | 1 m | Space that an individual primate occupies |
10 1 | 10 meters | 10 m | Typical sleeping area of a primate social group |
10 2 | hectare/ 2.5 acres, football field | 100 m | Typical core area of a primate social group |
10 3 | 10 hectares, 1 kilometer | 1 km | Typical territory of a non-human primate social group |
10 4 | 100 hectares | 10 km | Typical home range of a non-human primate social group |
10 5 | 100 kilometers | 100 km | |
10 6 | 1,000 kilometers, continent | 1000 km | Typical range of a non-human primate species; range for most of human evolution |
10 7 | 10,000 kilometers, the surface of the planet Earth | 100000 km | The range of all biological evolution |
10 12 | 1 billion kilometers, 1 terameter | 1 Tm | The Earth's orbit in the solar system, includes meteors and solar radiation |