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Physical anthropology

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Physical antrhopology is stduy of human physical characteristics

centers on humans trying to determin postion compared nature

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Human

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Human - member of the homo genus

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The origin of spieces published in _____

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The origin of spieces published in 1859

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Theroy of evolution was popular from_____

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Theroy of evolution was popular from 1859 - 1900s

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Anthropometry

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Anthropometry used to mesure living humans being for clastificaiton and comparisian of human races

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In 1900s two major developemts in physical anthropology

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Theory of genetics and the discovery of ABO blood types

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Who made the theory of genetics?

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Gregor Mendel

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4 main studies of physical anthropology

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Human Ecology
Human Evolution
Primatology
Genetics

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Human ecology

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How mankind relateds to invirment (how envirment effects population size)

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Paleoanthropology

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Study of humans prehistoic to modern world (anthro)

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Paleontology

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Study of development of all life on earth (on)

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Primatology

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How primates realt to early human

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Osteology

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The scietific study of the human sekleton

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Paleopathology

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The study of human secletons of disease or injuries (path)

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Forensic anthropology

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The use of modern scientific prociders in cort of law to determen identiffication o fdead