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Biological anthropology, or '''physical anthropology''' is a branch of . Physical anthropology developed in the 19th Century , prior to the rise of Alfred Russel Wallace 's and Charles Darwin 's theories of Natural Selection and Gregor Mendel 's work on Genetics . Physical anthropology was so called because all of its data was physical (fossils, especially human bones). With the rise of Darwinian theory and The Modern Synthesis , anthropologists had access to new forms of data, and many began to call themselves "biological anthropologists." Some of the early branches of physical anthropology, such as early Anthropometry , are now rejected as Pseudoscience . Metrics such as the Cephalic Index were used to derive behavioral characteristics. Two of the earliest founders of scientific physical anthropology were Paul Broca and Franz Boas . BRANCHES
The study of human evolution often involves other specializations:
RENOWNED BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS .]]
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