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Noun: palaetiology
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: paletiology)
  1. The explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes, especially geological causes
    "palaetiology attempts to reconstruct prehistoric ecosystems";
    - paletiology [N. Amer]

Type of: archaeology, archeology [US]