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biological anthropology

biological anthropology noun: the branch of anthropology that studies the evolution and biology of human beings.

Noun

biological anthropology (uncountable)

  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,1890, Gerson Da Cunah, “The nasal index in biological anthropology”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, page 530
    • 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

Synonyms of biological anthropology

Origin of biological anthropology

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

Questions about biological anthropology

What does biological anthropology mean?
Biological anthropology means the branch of anthropology that studies the evolution and biology of human beings.
What part of speech is biological anthropology?
Biological anthropology is a noun.

Words near biological anthropology in the dictionary

  1. biologgers
  2. biologging
  3. biologic
  4. biologic time
  5. biological
  6. biological anthropology
  7. biological big bang
  8. biological clock
  9. biological clocks
  10. biological control
  11. biological controls

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