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PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The scientific study of human fossils
Synonyms:
human palaeontology; human paleontology; palaeoanthropology; paleoanthropology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("paleoanthropology" is a kind of...):
vertebrate paleontology (the paleontology of vertebrates)
Derivation:
paleoanthropological (of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils)