Physical anthropology

Physical anthropology looks at how the anatomy of the human body has changed over time. It compares the human body to the bodies of other primates. Studies of physical anthropology often look at the evolution of mankind.Larsen, Clark Spencer 2008. Our origins: discovering physical anthropology. 3rd ed, W.W. Norton. Jurmain R. et al 2013. Introduction to physical anthropology. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning. 

Areas of physical anthropology include paleoanthropology and primatology. When physical anthropology is joined to other branches of biology, it becomes biological anthropology.   Biological anthropology puts together information from the fossil record, the human skeleton, genetics, our primate relatives, human adaptations, and human behaviour.Park, Michael 2010. Biological anthropology. 6th ed, McGraw-Hill. 

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