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palaeoanthropology

palaeoanthropology 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 palaeoanthropology

From palaeo- + anthropo- + -logy.

Questions about palaeoanthropology

What is palaeoanthropology the alternative spelling of?
Palaeoanthropology is the alternative spelling of paleanthropology.

Words near palaeoanthropology in the dictionary

  1. palaeoamasiids
  2. palaeoanthropic
  3. palaeoanthropological
  4. palaeoanthropologist
  5. palaeoanthropologists
  6. palaeoanthropology
  7. palaeoarch
  8. Palaeoarchaean
  9. palaeoarchaeology
  10. palaeoarches
  11. palaeoart

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeoanthropology (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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