title: Reflections on anatomy and physical anthropology.
abstract: The close and ineluctable links between anatomy and physical anthropology are explored. The relevance of many aspects of physical anthropology in the teaching of anatomy to medical and dental students is stressed. It is suggested that, since physical anthropology is one of the frontier fields in anatomical research today, it may help to attract personnel to anatomy departments which in most parts of the world are suffering from a serious shortage of suitably qualified people to teach gross anatomy.
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D000885:Anthropology, Physical / Q000266:history; D000886:Anthropometry; D044383:Black People; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006128:Growth; D049690:History, Ancient; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006728:Hormones / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000254:growth & development; D010163:Paleontology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013008:Somatotypes; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones