gracilization

English

Etymology

gracilize +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

gracilization (uncountable)

1. (anthropology) A reduction of bone mass as the result of evolution.
   • 2002, Peter S. Ungar, Mark Franklyn Teaford, Human Diet: Its Origin and Evolution, →ISBN, page 28:

     The last ten thousand years have witnessed a gracilization of the human cranium — and masticatory complex, in particular.