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The focus of this book is biological anthropology, which explores who we are from biological, evolutionary, and adaptive perspectives. Anthropology is the study of humanity, in all its biological and cultural aspects, past and present.
It is a four-field discipline comprising biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and linguistic anthropology. The focus of this book is biological anthropology, which explores who we are from biological, evolutionary, and adaptive perspectives.
The six subfields of biological anthropology—primatology, paleoanthropology, molecular anthropology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and human biology—all help us to understand what it means to be biologically human.
30 kwi 2023 · Biological anthropology is concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings.
17 lis 2020 · The six subfields of biological anthropology—primatology, paleoanthropology, bioarchaeology, molecular anthropology, forensic anthropology, and human biology—all help us understand what it means to be biologically human.
11 lis 2023 · Define biological anthropology, describe its key questions, and identify major subfields. Explain key components of the scientific method. Differentiate between hypotheses, theories, and laws. Differentiate science from other ways of knowing.
