I study Physical Anthropology, It's one of the fields of anthropology (basically the study of human beings throughout time and everywhere in the world). Physical Anthropology is also known as biological anthropology or bioanthropology, because this discipline has a strong biological background that is combine with a cultural perspective. Physical anthropology studies the human and hominid evolution, analysing both biological (morphological, genetical , etc.) and cultural (behaviours, traditions, etc.) variations, through our own natural history and in different cultures. In this sense, a bioanthropologist studies the boundary between biology and culture (That's why we're not human biologists or cultural anthropologists; that's the difference).
Biological Anthropology has many sub-branches such as paleoanthropology (the study of the fossil record of hominids and their relatives),human ecology (the study of human adaptations and its relationship with the enviroment), osteology (the study of skeletal material), forensic anthropology ( the analysis and identification of human remains in crime scenes), bioarchaeology (the study of human remains that come from archaeological contexts), primatology (the study of primates), paleopathology (the study of ancient diseases), molecular anthropology ( it's the use of molecular analysis to determine evolutionary links between , modern and ancient populations, different peoples and cultures, as well as between contemporary primate species), etc.
I really like my career and as I said before (in another post), I can't imagine myself studying anything else. I like all the sub-branches to, but specially the ones that are related to the study of ancient human populations: bioarchaeology, paleopathology, molecular anthropology (particularly ancient DNA analysis), etc. I would like to specialize myself in the study of the biology of the ancient cultures, combinig the traditional morphometrics methods, with the molecular ones, in order to reconstruct the prehistory of our country. For example, one of my main interest areas, is the research of the genetic and biological relationships between ancient cultures.
Biological Anthropology has many sub-branches such as paleoanthropology (the study of the fossil record of hominids and their relatives),human ecology (the study of human adaptations and its relationship with the enviroment), osteology (the study of skeletal material), forensic anthropology ( the analysis and identification of human remains in crime scenes), bioarchaeology (the study of human remains that come from archaeological contexts), primatology (the study of primates), paleopathology (the study of ancient diseases), molecular anthropology ( it's the use of molecular analysis to determine evolutionary links between , modern and ancient populations, different peoples and cultures, as well as between contemporary primate species), etc.
I really like my career and as I said before (in another post), I can't imagine myself studying anything else. I like all the sub-branches to, but specially the ones that are related to the study of ancient human populations: bioarchaeology, paleopathology, molecular anthropology (particularly ancient DNA analysis), etc. I would like to specialize myself in the study of the biology of the ancient cultures, combinig the traditional morphometrics methods, with the molecular ones, in order to reconstruct the prehistory of our country. For example, one of my main interest areas, is the research of the genetic and biological relationships between ancient cultures.
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