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Vinony

physical anthropology

noun

  1. scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their extinct hominin ancestors, and related non-human primates, particularly from an evolutionary perspective
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Compound of physical + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century.

  1. The branch of anthropology that studies physical aspects of human beings and closely related species.

    “In the meantime I must briefly refer to the doubt that has often been raised about the utility of minute measurements, deep studies of physical anthropology, statistical tables, and elaborate maps,”

    “By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical.”