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

He attends to the racism of early leaders, but more enduring problems came with the growing importance of physical anthropology toward the end of the 19th century.

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

A group of scientists led by Douglas W. Owsley, division head of physical anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution, gained permission to study the bones.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2015

We have now seen that the combined evidence of archaeology, physical anthropology, and genetics supports this view.

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