paleoanthropology

English

Alternative forms

• paleanthropology
• palaeoanthropology
• palæoanthropology

Etymology

From paleo- +‎ anthropology.

Noun

paleoanthropology (uncountable)

1. (anthropology) The scientific study of ancient human remains.

Usage notes

• The insertion of the first -o- is unnecessary in principle, since -o- is intended to be placed before consonant sounds. According to this line of thinking, the correct form would be paleanthropology. However, other dictionaries seem to prefer paleoanthropology and it is 200 times more frequently used on the Internet than paleanthropology.

Derived terms

• paleoanthropologist
• paleoanthropological

Translations

study of ancient human remains

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: paleoantropologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古人類學／古人类学 (zh) (gǔrénlèixué)

• Dutch: paleoantropologie (nl) f
• Finnish: paleoantropologia
• French: paléoanthropologie (fr) f
• Galician: paleoantropoloxía (gl) f
• German: Paläoanthropologie (de) f, Paläanthropologie f
• Italian: paleoantropologia (it) f
• Japanese: 古人類学 (ja) (こじんるいがく, kojinruigaku)
• Romanian: paleoantropologie (ro) f
• Russian: палеоантрополо́гия (ru) f (paleoantropológija)
• Spanish: paleoantropología f
• Turkish: paleoantropoloji