# Biological Anthropology

- By: Tori Saneda & Michelle Field
- Publisher: Cascadia Community College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Biological_Anthropology/Book%3A_Biological_Anthropology_(Saneda_and_Field))
- Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-4934/pdf

Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings.