paleanthropology
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Chiefly British:
Etymology
[edit]From pale- + anthropo- + -logy.
Noun
[edit]paleanthropology (uncountable)
- (American spelling) The scientific study of fossil humans, and the evolution of modern man.
Translations
[edit]study of ancient human remains — see paleoanthropology