Anthropology is the study of humankind over the entire world and throughout time.

Ferrara University (Italy) began an academic and research program in human biology in 2002 by Professor Emanuela Gualdi.The program in biological anthropology offers graduate training that integrates diverse research areas toward the common goal of improving our understanding of human anatomy, adaptation, and evolution.  The biological anthropology program includes ongoing research in human ecology, growth and development, skeletal biology, functional anatomy, kinanthropometry.