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biological anthropology

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ἄνθρωπος — “human, mankind”
  2. borrowed from anthropologia
  3. compounded as biological anthropology — “biological + anthropology”

Definitions

  1. The branch of anthropology that studies the evolution and biology of human beings.

    • 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,
    • Genetics has long made an important contribution to biological anthropology.

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