Editing Biological anthropology (section)

== Branches ==
As a subfield of anthropology, biological anthropology itself is further divided into several branches. All branches are united in their common orientation and/or application of evolutionary theory to understanding human biology and behavior.
* [[Bioarchaeology]] is the study of past human cultures through examination of human remains recovered in an [[archaeology|archaeological]] context. The examined human remains usually are limited to bones but may include preserved soft tissue. Researchers in bioarchaeology combine the skill sets of [[human osteology]], [[paleopathology]], and [[archaeology]], and often consider the cultural and mortuary context of the remains.
* [[Evolutionary biology]] is the study of the [[evolution|evolutionary processes]] that produced the [[Biodiversity|diversity of life]] on [[Earth]], starting from [[Last universal common ancestor|a single common ancestor]]. These processes include [[natural selection]], [[common descent]], and [[speciation]].
* [[Evolutionary psychology]] is the study of psychological structures from a modern [[evolution]]ary perspective. It seeks to identify which human psychological traits are evolved [[adaptation]]s – that is, the functional products of [[natural selection]] or [[sexual selection in human evolution]].
* [[Forensic anthropology]] is the application of the science of physical anthropology and human [[osteology]] in a legal setting, most often in criminal cases where the victim's remains are in the advanced stages of [[decomposition]].
* [[Human behavioral ecology]] is the study of behavioral adaptations (foraging, reproduction, ontogeny) from the evolutionary and ecologic perspectives (see [[behavioral ecology]]). It focuses on human [[Adaptation|adaptive]] responses (physiological, developmental, genetic) to environmental stresses.
* [[Human biology]] is an interdisciplinary field of biology, biological anthropology, [[nutrition]] and medicine, which concerns international, population-level perspectives on health, [[evolution]], [[anatomy]], [[physiology]], [[molecular biology]], [[neuroscience]], and [[genetics]].
* [[Paleoanthropology]] is the study of fossil evidence for [[human evolution]], mainly using remains from extinct hominin and other primate species to determine the morphological and behavioral changes in the human lineage, as well as the environment in which human evolution occurred.
* [[Paleopathology]] is the study of disease in antiquity. This study focuses not only on pathogenic conditions observable in bones or mummified soft tissue, but also on nutritional disorders, variation in stature or [[morphology (biology)|morphology]] of bones over time, evidence of physical trauma, or evidence of occupationally derived biomechanic stress.
* [[Primatology]] is the study of non-human primate behavior, morphology, and genetics. Primatologists use [[Phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] methods to infer which traits humans share with other primates and which are human-specific adaptations.