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ˌpalæoanthroˈpology
Also (chiefly U.S.) paleo-.
[ad. F. paléoanthropologie (P. Topinard Élém. d'Anthrop. Gén. (1885) vii. 177): see anthropology.]
The branch of anthropology concerned with the study of fossil hominids.
1916Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXXV. 347 Then follows..the conclusion to which all M. Boule's own researches in palæonthropology [sic] and palæontology have evidently led him. 1935Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Feb. 84/2 Dr. Leakey also..clearly sums up his results and shows their bearings on general palaeoanthropology and pre⁓history. 1957Antiquity XXXI. 43 Rapid advances..are being made in paleoanthropology at present. 1965B. G. Campbell Nomenclature of Hominidae 3 New taxa are very rarely presented in palaeoanthropology according to the rules of the more recent zoological congresses. 1974Nature 6 Sept. 10/2 Investigations of the development of locomotion within the hominid lineage provides one of the more active and fascinating areas of palaeoanthropology today. 1978Ibid. 2 Mar. 10/3 Wherever physical anthropology is taught in British universities, palaeoanthropology is recognised as an important component of the courses.
Hence ˌpalæoanthropoˈlogical a.; ˌpalæoanthroˈpologist, an expert or specialist in palæoanthropology.
1934Webster, Paleoanthropological,..paleoanthropologist. 1935Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Feb. 84/3 The problem of the prehistorical, especially the palaeoanthropological, relations between East Africa and the rest of the continent. 1947Sci. News V. 44 The palæanthropologists [sic] went on with their researches..in the hope of one day discovering the hypothetical ‘Tertiary man’. 1969Times 17 Jan. 13/6 Dr. Louis Leakey..has for the past 40 years been exploiting the rich palaeoanthropological deposits in the Olduvai Gorge. 1975Nature 10 Apr. 478/3 Although the article admirably reflects recent work in East Africa, it does scant justice to the palaeoanthropological researches in the Transvaal over the past decade. 1978Ibid. 22 June 589/3 In almost all circumstances it now seems important that palaeoanthropologists try to work with a set of alternative hypotheses rather than simply with one favourite interpretation. |