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单词 palaeoanthropology
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Definition of palaeoanthropology in English:

palaeoanthropology

(US paleoanthropology)
noun ˌpeɪlɪəʊanθrəˈpɒlədʒiˌpalɪəʊanθrəˈpɒlədʒiˌpālēōˌanTHrəˈpäləjē
  • The branch of anthropology concerned with fossil hominids.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We seem to be witnessing a classic struggle in palaeoanthropology between the molecules and the fossils.
    • The announcement electrified the paleoanthropology community.
    • The pattern of population size change across the Pleistocene has come to be of critical interest, linking paleodemography with population genetics, paleoecology, and paleoanthropology.
    • By this type of omission, the true nature of the human fossil record continues to be the best-kept secret in modern paleoanthropology.
    • Contributors include accomplished specialists in geology, paleontology, and paleoanthropology.

Derivatives

  • palaeoanthropological

  • adjective ˌpalɪəʊanθrəˌpəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)lˌpeɪlɪəʊanθrəˌpəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l
    • However, as anyone who is familiar with the palaeoanthropological literature over the last 20 years would know, the find has been of negligible significance to recent debate.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now here, at last, was the first great British palaeoanthropological find.
      • Threaded through this vivid story of fieldwork, paleoanthropological politics, and on-the-spot war reportage is Kalb's nervy struggle simply to stay in the game.
      • The Turkana Basin is famous for its paleontological, paleoanthropological, and archeological records from both east and west of this large lake in the eastern part of the rift system.
      • The most notable paleoanthropological find in the country was ‘Lucy,’ a female Australopithicus afarensis discovered in 1974 and referred to as Dinqnesh by Ethiopians.
  • palaeoanthropologist

  • noun
    • Thus, this monograph is a welcome publication for those who work on the later Neogene, and for paleoanthropologists interested in the ecological context of basal hominids.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I believe most of these contradictory problems are caused by paleoanthropologists insisting on calling all the australopithecines ‘hominids,’ rather than hominoids.
      • This genetic model of human population structure is important for paleoanthropologists because it could explain the paleontological and archaeological observations noted above.
      • This will be a must for any paleoanthropologist or paleontologist working on fossil primates.
      • Is it possible that he doesn't understand that the very reason paleoanthropologists have so much to argue about is that the fossil record provides them with such a wealth of data?
 
 

Definition of paleoanthropology in US English:

paleoanthropology

(British palaeoanthropology)
nounˌpālēōˌanTHrəˈpäləjē
  • The branch of anthropology concerned with fossil hominids.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pattern of population size change across the Pleistocene has come to be of critical interest, linking paleodemography with population genetics, paleoecology, and paleoanthropology.
    • The announcement electrified the paleoanthropology community.
    • By this type of omission, the true nature of the human fossil record continues to be the best-kept secret in modern paleoanthropology.
    • We seem to be witnessing a classic struggle in palaeoanthropology between the molecules and the fossils.
    • Contributors include accomplished specialists in geology, paleontology, and paleoanthropology.
 
 
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