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Anthropology, Physical

Known as: Physical Anthropology 
The comparative science dealing with the physical characteristics of humans as related to their origin, evolution, and development in the total… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anthropologycomparative study research
AnthropometryBiometryEducational aspectsHomo sapiens

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Review
2015
Review
2015
Handbook of Paleoanthropology
Volume 1: Principles, Methods, and Approaches: Historical Overview of Paleoanthropological Research.- Charles Darwin… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
From Types to Populations: A Century of Race, Physical Anthropology, and the American Anthropological Association
In the 1960s, U.S. physical anthropology underwent a period of introspection that marked a change from the old physical… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Lessons from Srebrenica: the contributions and limitations of physical anthropology in identifying victims of war crimes.
In July 1995, the town of Srebrenica fell to Bosnian-Serb forces, leaving more than 7000 Muslim men missing and presumed dead… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Stature estimation and calibration: Bayesian and maximum likelihood perspectives in physical anthropology.
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Of 'Native Skulls' and 'Noble Caucasians': Phrenology in Colonial South Africa
This article traces the origins of racial science in South Africa back to the first half of the nineteenth century. Metropolitan… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution
Preface 1. Before Darwin 2. Darwin and after 3. Pithecanthropus 4. The early twentieth century 5. Out of Africa 6. ... Always… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Skeletal biological distance studies in American physical anthropology: recent trends.
Biological distance analysis, the dominant type of skeletal biological research during the 19th century, has become less visible… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Comparison of the dentofacial patterns for native Greek and American-Caucasian adolescents.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Multivariate Statistical Methods in Physical Anthropology
When writing can change your life, when writing can enrich you by offering much money, why don't you try it? Are you still very… 
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
The descriptive use of discriminant functions in physical anthropology
The evolutionary status of the fossil Australopithecinae and of the fossil apes belonging to the genus Proconsul has stimulated… 
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