"Physical Anthropology (also called biological anthropology), connects the other anthropological fields to the study of animal origins and the biologically determined nature of Homo sapiens. Physical anthropologists seek to reconstruct the course of human evolution by studying the fossil remains of ancient human and humanlike species. They also seek to describe the distribution of hereditary variations among contemporary human populations and to sort out and measure the relative contributions to human life made by heredity, the natural environment, and culture."

Subdisciplines:

 - Primatology:

Study of social life and biology of monkeys, great apes, and other primates

 - Human Paleontology:

Search for and study of fossil remains of early human species and their ancestors

 - Forensic Anthropology:

Identification of victims of murders and accidents; establishing identity of criminals

 - Population Genetics:

Study of hereditary differences in human populations