physical anthropology

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   the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings

   Broaderanthropology

   Narrowercraniometry

Questions about physical anthropology

What does physical anthropology mean?

physical anthropology means "the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings".

Is physical anthropology a common word?

physical anthropology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.