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Noun: palaeoanthropology  ,pey-lee-ow,an-thru'pó-lu-jee
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: paleoanthropology)
  1. The scientific study of human fossils
    - paleoanthropology [N. Amer], human paleontology, human palaeontology

Type of: vertebrate paleontology

Encyclopedia: Palaeoanthropology