生物人类学是一门探索社会学和人类生物学的生物社会科学。生物人类学家对人类的进化很感兴趣，从我们过去的起源和多样性到我们作为这个星球上的居民的可能未来。在人类文化和行为的背景下研究人类生物学和该学科的其他方面，并在古人类学，人类生物学，灵长类动物学和进化心理学等子领域进行研究。
Bioanthropology is a biosocial science that explores both the sociology and the biology of human groups. Biological anthropologists are interested in human evolution, from our origins and diversity in the past to our probable future as inhabitants of this planet. Human biology and other aspects of the discipline are studied in the context of human culture and behavior, with research in subfields such as paleoanthropology, human biology, primatology, and evolutionary psychology.