paleanthropology

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Etymology [edit]

pale- + anthropo- + -logy

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paleanthropology (uncountable)

  1. (American) The scientific study of fossil humans, and the evolution of modern man.
Translations [edit]
study of ancient human remains — see paleoanthropology
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