Physical anthropology

Physical anthropology

The branch of anthropology that studies the development of the human race in the context of other primate species.

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Varve analysis

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A calibrated relative or potentially chronometric dating technique based on counting annual silt deposits (i.e., varves) in former lakes resulting from the summer melt of glaciers. In Scandinavia, ...

Paleospecies

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A group of similar fossils considered to be members of the same species because the range of their morphological variation does not exceed the range of variation of a living species. See species.

Cystic fibrosis

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A genetically inherited disease in children that results in chronic fluid development in the lungs, making breathing difficult. This disease also prevents normal absorption of fats and other ...

Chronometric

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A date that places an event in its chronological position with reference to a universal time scale such as a calendar. Such dates usually are given in terms of the number of years before or after a ...

Testosterone

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A class of masculinizing hormones. Both men and women produce them, but males normally produce much more. Testosterone is mainly produced in the testes of males. Smaller amounts are produced by the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS)

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A genetically inherited progressive disease of the central nervous system. MS occurs as a consequence of one's own immune system attacking the insulating sheath that normally protects neurons. ...

Radiocarbon dating

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A radiometric dating method based on the fact that the amount of carbon-14 steadily decreases in all organisms after death. The reduction in the frequency of this isotope in a sample occurs at a ...