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PRONUNCIATION OF PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY

palaeoanthropology  [ˌpælɪəʊˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY

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Palaeoanthropology is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

palaeoanthropology

Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology (English: Palaeoanthropology; from Greek: παλαιός (palaeos) "old, ancient"), anthrōpos (ἄνθρωπος), "man", understood to mean humanity, and -logia (-λογία), "discourse" or "study"), which combines the disciplines of paleontology and physical anthropology, is the study of ancient humans as found in fossil hominid evidence such as petrifacted bones and footprints.

Definition of palaeoanthropology in the English dictionary

The definition of palaeoanthropology in the dictionary is the branch of anthropology concerned with primitive man.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY


anthropology
ˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒɪ
apology
əˈpɒlədʒɪ
astrology
əˈstrɒlədʒɪ
biology
baɪˈɒlədʒɪ
biotechnology
ˌbaɪəʊtɛkˈnɒlədʒɪ
bumpology
bəmˈpɒlədʒɪ
carpology
kɑːˈpɒlədʒɪ
ecology
ɪˈkɒlədʒɪ
escapology
ˌeskəˈpɒlədʒɪ
hippology
hɪˈpɒlədʒɪ
methodology
ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒɪ
pathology
pəˈθɒlədʒɪ
physiology
ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ
psychology
saɪˈkɒlədʒɪ
sociology
ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ
technology
tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪ
terminology
ˌtɜːmɪˈnɒlədʒɪ
topology
təˈpɒlədʒɪ
tropology
trɒˈpɒlədʒɪ
typology
taɪˈpɒlədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY

palaeoanthropic
palaeoarchaeology
palaeobotanic
palaeobotanical
palaeobotanist
palaeobotany
Palaeocene
palaeoclimate
palaeoclimatic
palaeoclimatologist
palaeoclimatology
palaeocrystic
palaeocurrent
palaeoecologic
palaeoecological
palaeoecologist
palaeoecology
palaeoethnobotanist
palaeoethnobotany
palaeogaea

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY

anthology
archaeology
cardiology
dermatology
epidemiology
gastroenterology
genealogy
histology
homology
immunology
information technology
microbiology
morphology
mythology
neurology
oncology
otolaryngology
pharmacology
phonology
radiology
theology

Synonyms and antonyms of palaeoanthropology in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «palaeoanthropology» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

古人类学
1,325 millions of speakers

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paleoantropología
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palaeoanthropology
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palaeoanthropology
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palaeoanthropology
280 millions of speakers

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Палеоантропология
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paleoantropologia
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palaeoanthropology
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paléoanthropologie
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Palaeoanthropology
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Paläoanthropologie
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古人類学
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palaeoanthropology
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Palaeoantropology
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palaeoanthropology
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palaeoanthropology
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पॅलेऑनथ्रोपोलॉजी
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Paleoantropoloji
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paleoantropologia
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palaeoanthropology
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Палеоантропологія
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Translator English - Romanian

Palaeoanthropology
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Translator English - Greek

Παλαιοανθρωπολογίας
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palaeoanthropology
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palaeoanthropology
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Palaeoanthropology
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Trends of use of palaeoanthropology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY»

The term «palaeoanthropology» is normally little used and occupies the 150.795 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about palaeoanthropology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY»

Discover the use of palaeoanthropology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to palaeoanthropology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Understanding Evolution of Man: An Introduction to ...
Realistic and pragmatic in approach and designed to the uses of a text book and a reference, the work deals with all aspects of palace anthropology including human evolution, origin, molecular clock, palaseodemography and palacopathology ...
P. K. Seth, 2003
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Recent Advances of Chinese Palaeoanthropology: Hong Kong in ...
CHINESE PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY 27 The morphology of the calvaria is as follows: The cranial vault is low. The cranial length coincides approximately with that of the glabello-inion distance. The maximum breadth of the calvaria is at the  ...
Rukang Wu, 1982
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PALEOANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE ...
... Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China HUANG WEIWEN (# *<□ < ) (211, 259), Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China ...
Wu Rukang, John W Olsen, 2009
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New Perspectives on the Origins of Americanist Archaeology
The ASPR, as an institution for in-¤eld training of American anthropologists in palaeoanthropology, did not survive World War II and the Cold War. In a larger sense, however, MacCurdy's goals for the School were amply realized, and his ...
David L Browman, Stephen Williams, 2002
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Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania
In International Symposium on Palaeoanthropology: In Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Discovery of the First Skull of Peking Man at Zhoukoudian , 41. Ho, Chuan Kun (1995). "Were Beijing Man and Gigantopithecus the Hunters  ...
Peter N. Peregrine, Melvin Ember, 2001
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Early Human Kinship: From Sex to Social Reproduction
The. Effect. on. Palaeoanthropology. Writing in 1965 about the evolution of religion, E. E. Evans-Pritchard felt confident enough to declare Morgan-style origins research 'as dead as mutton' (1965: 100). Except in the Soviet Union ( where it ...
Nicholas J. Allen, Hilary Callan, Robin Dunbar, 2011
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Anthropology For Dummies
Palaeoanthropology. Palaeoanthropology(palaeo meaning “old”) specifically studies the human species and its relativesinthe ancient past, particularly focusing onthe early protohuman species, knownas the hominids. (You cancheck outmore ...
Cameron M. Smith, 2009
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Tooth Development in Human Evolution and Bioarchaeology
Case. studies. in. bioarchaeology. and. palaeoanthropology. Do living African and Asian great apes have an unusually. Case studies in bioarchaeology and palaeoanthropology 205 Case studies in bioarchaeology and palaeoanthropology.
Simon Hillson, 2014
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Studying Human Origins: Disciplinary History and Epistemology
Dennell In what was probably the most important paradigmatic shift in palaeoanthropology this century, the locus of hominid origins shifted from Asia to Africa in the years following the Second World War (WWII). In terms of fossil discoveries, ...
Raymond Corbey, Wil Roebroeks, 2001
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Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins
'Recent advances of Chinese palaeoanthropology', Occ. Pap. Ser. Ii, University ofHong Kong. —— 1983. 'Peking Man'. Scientific American 248 (6): 78–86. ——, and Lin, S. 1985. 'Chinese Palaeoanthropology: Retrospect and Prospect', pp.
John Reader, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term palaeoanthropology is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mass extinction: the kiss of death
Blogs posts range over Southern Hemisphere palaeontology, dinosaurs, megafauna, archaeology, palaeoanthropology and a smattering of ... «Australian Geographic, Jul 15»
2
Tiger Hunting Strategy As Old As Tigers Themselves
The finding was detailed in a paper by Li Yijin, a PhD student with the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology at the ... «New Historian, Jul 15»
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Palaeoanthropology: The middle Pliocene gets crowded
New hominin fossils discovered in Ethiopia, dated to between 3.5 million and 3.3 million years ago, suggest that species diversity may have ... «Nature.com, May 15»
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Weird bat-winged dinosaur may reveal evolution of birds
Palaeontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing, led by Xu Xing, were initially puzzled ... «Wired.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Bizarre bat-winged dinosaur once soared over China
... dinosaurs in my career," says palaeontologist Xu Xing of the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing. «ABC Science Online, Apr 15»
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Oldest human tools discovered in Africa, dated to 3.3 million years ago
At the annual meeting of the Palaeoanthropology Society in the US this week, researchers announced the discovery of a set of stone tools in ... «ScienceAlert, Apr 15»
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Humans have always come in different shapes and sizes
... Professor Katerina Harvati-Papatheodorou, head of the Palaeoanthropology working group at Tübingen's Institute of Prehistory and Medieval ... «HeritageDaily, Mar 15»
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Big toe's big foot holds evolutionary key
... appear in our evolutionary history is one of the fundamental questions driving the study of human evolution, or Palaeoanthropology, today. «HeritageDaily, Mar 15»
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Richard Leakey on a conservation crusade (just don't mention God)
When I was at university, studying for a master's degree in palaeoanthropology (human evolution), my friends and I worshipped the Leakey ... «South China Morning Post, Feb 15»
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Palaeoanthropology: Of humans, dogs and tiny tools
Genomic data hint at the possibility of human migration from India to Australia 4,230 years ago. However, the inference that these humans took ... «Nature.com, Feb 13»

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