Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: human paleontology  'hyoo-mun ,pey-lee-un'tó-lu-jee
  1. The scientific study of human fossils
    - paleoanthropology [N. Amer], palaeoanthropology [Brit, Cdn], human palaeontology

Type of: vertebrate paleontology