Palaeoanthropology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of paleanthropology. UK, alt-of, alternative, hypercorrect, uncountable
  2. 2
    the scientific study of human fossils wordnet

Synonyms

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human palaeontologyhuman paleontologypaleoanthropologypaleoanthropology

Etymology

From palaeo- + anthropo- + -logy.

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