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Biological anthropology
About: Biological anthropology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1126 publications have been published within this topic receiving 12757 citations. The topic is also known as: biological anthropology & somatology.
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21 Mar 2012
TL;DR: In this article, a historical perspective of physical anthropology in Cuba is presented, where the main characteristics and contributions of physical anthropologists in the country are emphasized. And the influence of German, French, North American, Russian, Spanish and Mexican physical anthropology is highlighted.
Abstract: This paper deals with a historical perspective of physical anthropology in Cuba, its main characteristics and contributions are emphasized. It also recognizes theoretical and methodological influence from intelectual traditions of different regions of the world. The influence of German, French, North American, Russian, Spanish and Mexican physical anthropology is underlined. From a historical perspective, there are four main periods of development. As a particular feature of contemporary Cuban physical anthropology an interest for applying scientific knowledge to social practices, particularly related to human ontogenetic processes is highlighted.
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01 Apr 2004
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