PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The scientific study of human fossils

Synonyms:

human palaeontology; human paleontology; palaeoanthropology; paleoanthropology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("palaeoanthropology" is a kind of...):

vertebrate paleontology (the paleontology of vertebrates)

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