anatomically
Americanadverb
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In the Netflix film, Swan demonstrates with calipers on a life-size, anatomically correct male baby doll in a coffee shop to the nervous titters of the participants.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Instead the gene flow "occurred predominantly between Neanderthal males and anatomically modern human females," said Alexander Platt, a senior research scientist on the study.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
When someone uses the word “literally” in a fictional movie account of a beloved but anatomically incorrect doll, it’s hard to take literally—except millions do.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
Culturally, anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals had similar stone tool technology, such as making tools using 'Levallois methods', which involved striking stones with a hammer-like tool.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024
People have been living in New Guinea for at least 40,000 years—much longer than in the Americas, and slightly longer than anatomically modern peoples have been living in western Europe.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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