Physical 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 human evolution (ref).

Physicalanthropology is a biological science that deals with the adaptations, variability, and evolution of human beings and their living and fossil relatives. Because it studies human biology in the context of human culture and behavior, physicalanthropology is also a social science (ref).

October 2009: Ardipithecus ramidus is defined as the earliest bipedal hominid on the human lineage.