palaeoanthropology

palaeoanthropology

(ˌpælɪəʊˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒɪ) n (Anthropology & Ethnology) the branch of anthropology concerned with primitive man ˌpalaeoˌanthroˈpologist n

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palaeoanthropology - the scientific study of human fossilshuman palaeontology, human paleontology, paleoanthropologyvertebrate paleontology - the paleontology of vertebrates