biological anthropology

biological anthropology had been considerably changed from beginning to now. from 19th to mid-20th century, the race has been the principal concept in bio-anthropologic researches. since mid-20th, the concept of race replaced with the new subjects. the second half of 20th century can be counted as the transition period for bio-anthropology. the three last decades of 20th century are the decades of increasingly growth of the discipline. throughout these years the discipline goes ahead from a general situation to a more specialized one. the specialties such as human genetics, primatology, human economy and paleoanthropology are the most important specialties which are developing right now. in 21st, a new important approach named bio-cultural approach established under the discipline in which both biological and culture aspect are include when studying a human issue. nutritional anthropology, embodiment and medical anthropology and neural anthropology are some of its sub-areas. these sub-areas are considered as the most practical areas in contemporary anthropology. this article deals with this new approach and its sub-areas.