Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Physical Anthropology

The comparative science dealing with the physical characteristics of humans as related to their origin, evolution, and development in the total environment.

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Abstract

The comparative science dealing with the physical characteristics of humans as related to their origin, evolution, and development in the total environment.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Anthropology, Physical

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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index IM for the specialty; NIM as a coordinate

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Previous Indexing

  • Anthropology (1966-1967)
  • Anthropometry (1966-1967)
  • Ethnology (1966-1967)
  • Genetics, Medical (1966-1967)

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  1. I01w.076w.368w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Physical Anthropology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000885. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000885
  2. Physical Anthropology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_anthropology
  3. Physical Anthropology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27172