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physical anthropology



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This collaborative effort brought together paleogenomics, clinical genetics, and physical anthropology, with researchers from the University of Vienna working alongside colleagues in Italy, Portugal, and Belgium.

From Science Daily Feb. 17, 2026

Aleš Hrdlička, a Bohemian-born anthropologist, became the institution’s first curator of physical anthropology in 1904.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 3, 2025

Despite those critiques, Morton’s approach helped lay the foundation for the burgeoning field of physical anthropology.

From Science Magazine Jul. 8, 2021

Evenings meant hours listening to Leakey’s theories about physical anthropology and his ideas of how they might be proved.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2015

The isolation is also reflected in genes and physical anthropology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond



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