anatomically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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They eventually diverged, with anatomically modern humans evolving in Africa, and Neanderthals migrating across Eurasia.
From Barron's
Although modern societies benefit from thousands of years of accumulated knowledge, anatomically modern humans of the Paleolithic period had cognitive abilities comparable to ours.
From Science Daily
"Unless you can have those conversations, I don't understand how women were meant to get this information, physically and anatomically. Francesca doesn't know what's meant to be happening!"
From BBC
Doctors, including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, speaking in his Senate confirmation hearing, have called such diagnoses “anatomically impossible.”
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.
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