paleoanthropology

Examples

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• While the paleoanthropology community interprets these fossils, Zeresenay continues the painstaking job of removing the sandstone that still holds together Selam's skull and spinal column.

  Academic text (2007)

• Indeed, paleoanthropology suggests many historical societies collapsed due to resource depletion, even though they must have been aware of it.

  Blog text (29)

• The ability to use the genes of extinct hominins is going to force the field of paleoanthropology into some unfamiliar ethical territory.

  Academic text (2010)

• In the past, Zhoukoudian was like the sacred cow of Chinese paleoanthropology, and scientists in China were so bound up in the history and culture of research there that they didn't come up with new ideas.

  Academic text (2006)

• Eventually, Vrba became head of the museum's Department of Paleoanthropology, succeeding the legendary Robert Broom, and directed excavations of robust australopithecine fossils at the Kromdraal cave site.

  Academic text (1994)

• Paleoanthropology involves examining ancient bones to understand the evolution of early humans.

• Researchers in paleoanthropology study fossils to uncover the origins of our species.

• The discovery of new fossils has advanced our understanding of the field of paleoanthropology.

Synonyms

H

human paleontology

vspaleoanthropology

• Specialized

7.8

The study of ancient human bones and how people changed over time

is the formal scientific study emphasizing fossils and early human origins

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anthropogeny

vspaleoanthropology

• Specialized

9.9

The study of how humans began and changed over time

focuses more narrowly on fossil evidence and early evolutionary history

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology