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The article discusses the relationship between human variability and ergonomic design in anthropology. Among the manifestations of human variability are differences in body shape, size and physical capacities. It also cites the need to consider the modalities in which people grow old when designing products and services for the elderly and developing occupational policies of aged workers. Also cited is the 2007 study by the European Agency for Safety and Health in Europe on the issues.

The article discusses the "L'Italia si Misura" study, which examined the variability of anthropometric Italian adults in the late twentieth century, as well as their gender, age and geographic area differences. Also cited are the works in Anthropology of such organizations as the International Ergonomics Society, the Italian Ergonomics Association, and the Italian Society of Ergonomics. Also cited is the establishment of anthropometric databases to standardize the study of anthropology.