Why do we hold physical traits with such high regard?

为什麽我们要高度重视身体的特徵呢？

But by the 17th century, the term referred to physical traits.

但是到 17 世纪，种族这个词指的是生理特性。

This can come in the form of race, religion, physical traits, gender.

这可以是来自于种族、信仰、生理特征、性别等形式。

It's interesting to me that none of you mentioned physical traits.

有趣的是，你们都没有提到身体特征。

Well, let's start with looking at genetic influences on physical traits.

我们先来看看基因对生理特征的影响。

Scientifically known as vibrissae, what physical trait do house cats share with sea lions?

科学上称为颤毛，家猫与海狮有什么共同的身体特征？

But many of these are plastic, or nonheritable changes to an individual's physical traits.

但是对于个体的生理特征来说，许多变化都是可塑的，即不能够遗传的变化。

And this beast rules a world where physical traits more than intelligence determine winners and losers.

它统治着这个身体特征比智力因素更能决定成王败寇的世界。

When you are born, you receive or inherit physical and mental traits from your parents or ancestors.

当你出生时，你收到或继承了你父母或祖先的身体和品质特征。

This can come in the form of race, religion, physical traits, gender, but also in the form of ideas.

这可以表现为种族、宗教、身体特征、性别的不同，也可以表现为思想的不同。

Is it maybe your physical traits or for your character?

是你的身体特征还是你的性格？

This is one idea of how selecting for behavioral characteristics like friendliness, may also select for more juvenile, cuter physical traits.

这是一个关于如何选择行为特征，如友善，也可能选择更年轻、更可爱的身体特征的观点。

This unlocked the secrets of the stars, allowing astronomers to understand not just their composition, but also many other physical traits.

这揭开了恒星的秘密，让天文学家不仅能了解它们的组成，还能了解它们许多其他的物理特性。

Unlike race, which is based on observable, physical traits, ethnicities aren’t.

与基于可观察的身体特征的种族不同，种族不是。

First, minorities share a distinctive identity based on physical or cultural traits.

首先，少数族裔基于身体或文化特征而具有独特的身份认同。

When a caterpillar hatches from an egg, it has none of a butterfly’s physical traits.

当毛毛虫从卵中孵化出来时，它没有任何蝴蝶的身体特征。

Well, aside from sharing similar physical traits, they were also posed.

除了有相同的体征 她们都被摆了姿势。

They inhabit different regions, and have slightly different physical traits.

他们居住在不同的地区，身体特征也略有不同。

You would like a world where, like: 'Oh, we just care about people being kind and nobody cares about physical traits.'

你想要这样的世界：“哦，我们只关心人们是否善良，没有人关心生理特征。”

And while physical traits are often used to describe or identify a race, they’re not always applied consistently.

虽然身体特征经常被用来描述或识别一个种族，但它们并不总是一贯适用。