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Nevertheless, these regional microbiomes are connected with each other through diffusions and migrations. Here, we investigate the within-body (intra-individual) distribution feature of microbiome diversity via diversity area relationship (DAR) modeling, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been systematically studied previously. We utilized the Hill numbers for measuring alpha and beta-diversities and built 1,200 within-body DAR models with to date the most comprehensive human microbiome datasets of 18 sites from the human microbiome project (HMP) cohort. We established the intra-DAR profile (<jats:italic>z-q<\/jats:italic> pattern: the diversity scaling parameter <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic> of the power law (PL) at diversity order <jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic> = 0\u20133), intra-PDO (pair-wise diversity overlap) profile (<jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>-<jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic>), and intra-MAD (maximal accrual diversity) profile (<jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>-<jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic>) for the within-body biogeography of the human microbiome. These profiles constitute the \u201c<jats:italic>maps<\/jats:italic>\u201d of the within-body biogeography, and offer important insights on the within-body distribution of the human microbiome. Furthermore, we investigated the heterogeneity among individuals in their biogeography parameters and found that there is not an \u201caverage Joe\u201d that can represent majority of individuals in a cohort or population. 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