1. Forensic Anthropology
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. ... physical/biological anthropology: aspects of human beings themselves--bones, ...
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