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Definition of "physical anthropology" []

  • The branch of anthropology that deals with human evolutionary biology, physical variation, and classification. Also called somatology. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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