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'''Human biology''' is an [[interdisciplinary]] [[academic field]] of [[biology]], [[biological anthropology]], and [[medicine]] which focuses on [[human]]s; it is closely related to [[primate]] biology, and a number of other fields.  

 

'''Human biology''' is an interdisciplinary academic field of [[biology]], biological [[anthropology]], and [[medicine]] which focuses on [[human]]s; it is closely related to [[primate]] biology, and a number of other fields.  

Human biology research encompasses:

Human biology research encompasses:

* [[Genetic variation]] across human populations, present and past

* Genetic variation across human populations, present and past

* Biological variation related to [[climate]] and other elements of the [[natural environment]]

* Biological variation related to climate and other elements of the natural environment

* Determinants, across populations, of risk for [[degenerative disease]] and [[infectious disease]]

* Determinants, across populations, of risk for degenerative disease and infectious disease

* [[Human_development_%28biology%29|Human growth and development]]

* Human growth and development

* [[Biodemography]]

* Biodemography

While undisputed boundaries do not exist, human biology is typically distinguished from conventional medical research by an enhanced focus on international, population-level perspectives on health, and on [[human evolution]], [[adaptation]], and [[population genetics]] rather than individual [[diagnosis]].

While undisputed boundaries do not exist, human biology is typically distinguished from conventional medical research by an enhanced focus on international, population-level perspectives on health, and on human [[evolution]], adaptation, and population [[genetics]] rather than [[individual]] diagnosis.

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.humbio.org/ Human Biology Association]

*[https://www.humbio.org/ Human Biology Association]

*[http://www.cambridge.org/uk/series/sSeries.asp?code=SSHB Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series]

*[https://www.cambridge.org/uk/series/sSeries.asp?code=SSHB Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]