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palaeanthropology

palaeanthropology is the alternative spelling of paleanthropology.

Meaning of paleanthropology

Noun

paleanthropology (uncountable)

  1. (US) The scientific study of fossil humans, and the evolution of modern man.

Origin of palaeanthropology

From palae- + anthropology.

Questions about palaeanthropology

What is palaeanthropology the alternative spelling of?
Palaeanthropology is the alternative spelling of paleanthropology.

Words near palaeanthropology in the dictionary

  1. palae-
  2. palaeaceous
  3. palaeanthropic
  4. palaeanthropologist
  5. palaeanthropologists
  6. palaeanthropology
  7. palaearctic
  8. palaeencephalic
  9. palaeethnological
  10. palaeethnology
  11. palaeichthyology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeanthropology (page history and authors); paleanthropology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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