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Biological Anthropology

Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings.

Anthropology Social Sciences

Author: Tori Saneda & Michelle Field
Publisher: Cascadia Community College
Source: LibreTexts
License: CC BY-SA
Language: EN
Category: Basic Sciences

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Contents· 25 sections

I: Evolutionary Theory
1.1: What is Biological Anthropology
1.2: Scientific Method
1.3: History of Evolutionary Thought
1.4: Darwinian Evolution
1.5: Cell Biology and Basic Genetics
1.6: Mendelian Genetics
1.7: Modern Synthesis
1.8: Modern Human Variation
II: Non-Human Primates
2.01: Classification - Ordering the Natural World
2.02: Primate Skeletal Anatomy
2.03: Non-human Primates Modern Primates
2.04: Taxonomy of the Living Primates
2.05: Primate Ecology
2.06: Overviews of Living Primates
2.07: Overviews of Living Primates (The Haplorhines)
2.08: More Haplorhines
2.09: Even more Haplorhines (The Apes)
2.10: Primate Evolution
III: Human Evolution
3.1: Trends
3.2: Proto-Hominins
3.3: Homo Genus
3.4: Material Culture