| Job Title |
Anthropologist, Physical |
| Job Description |
Studies Meanings And Causes Of Human Physical Differences And
Interrelated Effects Of Culture, Heredity, And Environment On
Human Form: Studies Human Fossils And Their Meaning In Terms Of
Long-range Human Evolution. Observes And Measures Bodily
Variations And Physical Attributes Of Existing Human Types.
Studies Physical And Physiological Adaptations To Differing
Environments And Hereditary Characteristics Of Living
Populations. Studies Growth Patterns, Sexual Differences, And
Aging Phenomena Of Human Groups, Current And Past. May Study
Museum Collections Of Skeletal Remains. May Specialize In
Measurement Of Body Or Skeleton And Be Designated
Anthropometrist (profess. & Kin.). May Specialize In
Epidemiology And Nutritional Studies, Especially In Developing
Or Preliterate Societies, And Be Designated Medical
Anthropologist (profess. & Kin.).
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