Paleoanthropology

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of ancient human remains. uncountable
  2. 2
    the scientific study of human fossils wordnet

Synonyms

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human palaeontologyhuman paleontologypalaeoanthropology

Etymology

From paleo- + anthropology.

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