Biocultural phylogeny

What is phylogeny? Phylogeny is the branch of biology that deals with phylogenesis. Phylogenesis is the biological process by which a taxon (of any rank) appears. The science that studies these processes is called phylogenetics.

While, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among individuals or groups of organisms (e.g. species, or populations).

Physiological data from arrange of human populations living in different environments can provide valuable information for besting evolutionary hypothesis about human adaptation.

While species or populations might have a specific underlying phylogeny that describes their actual evolution history it can be very difficult to ascertain this history by looking at only one or a few genes.

This is because different genes from the same organism might have different individual evolutionary histories or rather might contain more or less complete signals of actual evolutionary histories.

Bio-cultural approach is one which views humans as biological, social and cultural beings in relation to the environment. It also views human biological variability as a function of responsiveness and adaptation to the environment with a special focus on the role of socio-cultural environments.
Biocultural phylogeny