Meanings
- uncountableanthropologyThe 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 191 more example
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 530Synonyms: physical anthropology
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe branch of anthropology that studies the evolution and biology of human beings.
Origin
Compound of biological + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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