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biological anthropology en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of biological + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The branch of anthropology that studies the evolution and biology of human beings.
   • Genetics has long made an important contribution to biological anthropology. 1992, Jeffrey Rogers, “Nuclear DNA polymorphisms as tools in biological anthropology”, in Eric Devor, editor, Molecular Applications in Biological Anthropology, page 19:
   • The following notes on the nasal index in Biological Anthropology have no pretension to perfection, exhibiting, as I am apprehensive they do, many faults of omission and commission, 1890, Gerson Da Cunah, “The nasal index in biological anthropology”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, page 530:

Relateds

linguistic anthropology · archaeology · cultural anthropology · social anthropology

Synonyms

physical anthropology

Translations (1)

ka ბიოლოგიური ანთროპოლოგია (Translations)