Physical anthropology consists of two interdependent types of study: (1) the biological history of man and (2) general biological processes in man (such as mechanisms of evolution and growth). Popular ...

Books Received Published: 20 September 1930 An Introduction to Physical Anthropology Nature 126, 432 (1930) Cite this article ...

Physical Anthropology Research in this area includes the genetic study of ancient human skeletal populations, molecular forensic anthropology (sex identification), kinship reconstruction, individual ...

A handful of fossil teeth found in Israel’s Qesem Cave, described in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and attributed to 400,000 year old members of our own species in multiple news ...

Current Anthropology, Vol. 53, No. S5, The Biological Anthropology of Living Human Populations: World Histories, National Styles, and International Networks (April 2012), pp. S57-S68 (12 pages) In ...

THE question of the value of physical measurements is one that lies at the base of physical anthropology. Large numbers of often very extended series of measurements are continually being ...

The discipline of physical anthropology has a dark, often fraught past. It was misused to justify slavery and even genocide. In this edited extract from the introduction of his new book, Bones and ...

This article was originally published with the title “Physical Measurements in Anthropology” inSA Supplements Vol. 48 No. 1231supp(August 1899), p. 19730doi:10.1038/scientificamerican08051899 ...

Cold-case files: Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old victim of shark attack Young adult male lost an arm and a leg before dying of shock and blood loss.

The Anthropology Department prepares MA and PhD students who want to gain a strong background in both theoretical and applied aspects of anthropology to pursue academic or professional careers.