Biological anthropology
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Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a natural science discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their extinct hominin ancestors, and
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Franz Boas
Paleoanthropology
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Paleoanthropology or paleo-anthropology is a branch of paleontology and anthropology which seeks to understand the early development of anatomically modern humans, a process known as hominization, thr
Biological anthropology
…which concerns international, population-level perspectives on health, evolution, anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, and genetics. Paleoanthropology is the study of fossil evidence for human evolution, mainly using remains from extinct hominin and other primate species to determine the morphological…
Charles Darwin
Five of the seven known fossil teeth of Homo luzonensis found in Callao Cave, the Philippines.
The Zhoukoudian site
Skull of Australopithecus africanus