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Biological/Physical Anthropology : Study of human biological variation in time and space 1. Interested in: evolution, genetics, growth and development, and primatology Paleoanthropology : Human evolution as revealed by fossil record Primatology : The study of living and fossil primates Bone Biology : Study of bone as biological tissue, including its genetics, cell structure, growth, development, decay, and patterns of movement Molecular Anthropology : Uses genetic analysis, involving comparison of DNA sequences, to determine evolutionary links and distances among species and among ancient and modern populations 2 | P a g e Anthropometry : The studies of the measurements and proportions of the human body How are humans here?? : Evolution, Creationism, and Catastrophism = theories Creationism : idea that biological similarities and differences originated at the creation Catastrophism : modified version of Creationism, accounts for the fossil record by positing divinely authored worldwide disasters that wiped out creatures represented in the fossil record. Natural Selection : MUST HAVE VARIETY AND COMPETITION IN ORDER TO OCCUR, (def. process by which nature selects the forms most suited to survive and reproduce in a given environment.) (D