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List of human-based units of measurement (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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This is a list of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units). It does not include derived units further unless they are also themselves human-based. These units are thus considered to be human scale and anthropocentric. A cross-cultural review of body-based measurement systems has found such units to be ubiquitous worldwide.

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[–] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My industry still uses fathoms

In the US of course