Evolutionary Anthropology and human biodiversity

Evolutionary Anthropology investigates the biological variability of ancient and modern human populations from an evolutionary perspective. The main research fields are focused on key questions about the human origin, evolution, phylogeny, phenotypic and molecular diversity, including its distinctive traits such as bipedalism, complex cognitive capacities and language, culture, and technology. Genes, genomes, and skeletal remains serve as valuable traces of human evolutionary history and their study enables the reconstruction of the biological and evolutionary dynamics of human–environment interactions over time, also contributing to understand the role that geographic-ecological, historical-demographic, and cultural factors have played in shaping present-day human biodiversity.