biological anthropology

English

Etymology

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

Noun

biological anthropology (uncountable)

1. (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies the evolution and biology of humans; physical anthropology.
   • 1890, Gerson Da Cunah, “The nasal index in biological anthropology”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay‎^[1], page 530:

     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,

   • 1992, Jeffrey Rogers, “Nuclear DNA polymorphisms as tools in biological anthropology”, in Eric Devor, editor, Molecular Applications in Biological Anthropology, page 19:

     Genetics has long made an important contribution to biological anthropology.

See also

• cultural anthropology
• social anthropology
• linguistic anthropology
• archaeology