Biological anthropology — Biological anthropology, or physical anthropology is a branch of anthropology that studies the mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human adaptability and variation, primatology, primate morphology, and the fossil record of… … Wikipedia
Biocultural anthropology — is the scientific exploration of the relationships between human biology and culture. Physical anthropologists throughout the first half of the 20th century viewed this relationship from a racial perspective; that is, from the assumption that… … Wikipedia
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Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering — The Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, commonly known as the Alfred Mann Institute, AMI or Mann Institute of Biomedical Engineering, is located on the University Park campus of the University of Southern California (USC). A… … Wikipedia
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Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
Race (classification of human beings) — The term race or racial group usually refers to the concept of categorizing humans into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of characteristics. [http://www.physanth.org/positions/race.html AAPA Statement on Biological Aspects of… … Wikipedia
University of Pennsylvania — This article is about the private Philadelphia based Ivy League university, colloquially referred to as Penn . For the public university located in State College, Pennsylvania, and colloquially known as Penn State , see Pennsylvania State… … Wikipedia
