Forensic Anthropology

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rom prehistory on up to our recent past, all over the world.
Other disciplines that are often integrated with archaeology include: geology, geography, ecology, history, etc.
Physical or Biological Anthropology
Physical (aka Biological) anthropology deals with the physical and biological aspects of the primate order: humans, chimps, gorillas, monkeys, prosimians, etc., past and present.
Thus, some of the more specialized areas covered under this large subfield of anthropology include: primate biology and behavior, osteology (the study of bones), paleoanthropology (the study of old dead primates--human and non-human), skeletal biology, human variation and adaptation (which explores how various groups of humans adapted over time to different climates, altitudes, environmental conditions, etc. providing us with the diversity we see today), human growth and development, nutrition, genetics, etc.

While forensic anthropology is an applied field, a large majority of forensic anthropologists are physical anthropology professors developing their careers in a university setting. The alternativ...