PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY


Meaning of PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY in English

— physical anthropologist .

the branch of anthropology dealing with the evolutionary changes in human bodily structure and the classification of modern races, using mensurational and descriptive techniques. Cf. cultural anthropology .

[ 1870-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .