physical anthropology Meaning of "physical anthropology"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings

Usage(s):

  1. She also tells them about physical anthropology, teaches them that race is not the same as religion or nationality.
  2. Medicine and physical anthropology are the only two fields of knowledge concerned exclusively with human biology.
  3. Henry Field, grandnephew of the late Marshall Field and curator of physical anthropology at the Field Museum, had given a party with a friend at their Lake Shore Drive apartment.
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