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biological anthropology and neo-Darwinism  

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  • Biological anthropology is the study of human biological variation and its genetic and environmental causes within the framework of evolution. The roots of physical anthropology, the name usually given to this subfield of anthropology until recently, lie in the 19th century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Biological Anthropology and Neo-Darwinism]

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