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biological anthropology

branch of anthropology that studies the physical development of the human species
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Summary

biological anthropology is a branch of anthropology[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of branch of anthropology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,490 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3], field of study[4], field of work[5], academic major[6]
  • Subclass of: anthropology[7]
  • Part of: anthropology[8]
  • Commons category: Anthropology[9], Biological anthropology[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Biological anthropology[11]
  • Described at URL: https://anthro.ucsc.edu/about/sub-fields/physical-anthro.html[12], https://physanth.org/career/career-biological-anthropology/[13], https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Physical_Anthropology/Book%3A_Biological_Anthropology_(Saneda_and_Field)/I%3A_Evolutionary_Theory/1.1%3A_What_is_Biological_Anthropology%3F[14], https://anthropology.dartmouth.edu/undergraduate/courses/biological-anthropology[15], https://www.discoveranthropology.org.uk/about-anthropology/what-is-anthropology/biological-anthropology.html[16]
  • Practiced by: biological anthropologist[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]

Why It Matters

biological anthropology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

anthropology anthropometry División Antropología del Museo de La Plata

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Treisijs · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → Q14942896
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Anthropology"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1DdkAb
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → physical-anthropology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: physical-anthropology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950052|physical anthropology (#289950052)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0003130-fyzicka-antropologie', '0228807-antropobiologie']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003130-fyzicka-antropologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  5. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged at → —
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    Subclass of → anthropology
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    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ Yso id: 3879, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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