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palaeoethology

palaeoethology is the alternative form of paleoethology.

Meaning of paleoethology

Noun

paleoethology (uncountable)

  1. The study of the behaviour of extinct species of humans.
  2. The study of behavior of organisms in the fossil record.

Origin of palaeoethology

From palaeo- + ethology.

Questions about palaeoethology

What is palaeoethology the alternative form of?
Palaeoethology is the alternative form of paleoethology.

Words near palaeoethology in the dictionary

  1. palaeoethnological
  2. palaeoethnologist
  3. palaeoethnologists
  4. palaeoethnology
  5. palaeoethological
  6. palaeoethology
  7. palaeofaecal
  8. palaeofaeces
  9. palaeofault
  10. palaeofauna
  11. palaeofaunal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeoethology (page history and authors); paleoethology (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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