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单词 palaeoanthropology
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palaeoanthropologypaleoanthropologyn.

Brit. /ˌpalɪəʊˌanθrəˈpɒlədʒi/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˌanθrəˈpɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌænθrəˈpɑlədʒi/
Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and anthropology n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, anthropology n.
Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + anthropology n., probably after French paléoanthropologie (P. Topinard Élém. d'anthropol. gén. (1885) vii. 177). Compare Italian paleoantropologia (1895). Compare palaeoethnology n.
The branch of anthropology that deals with fossil hominids.
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palaeoanthropology1908
1908 J. Dieserud Scope & Content Sci. Anthropol. 12 The term ethnology for the study of human varieties, historic as well as prehistoric,..expressly connects archaeology, not including paleo-anthropology (or paleo-ethnology..) with ethnography.
1974 Nature 6 Sept. 10/2 Investigations of the development of locomotion within the hominid lineage provides one of the more active and fascinating areas of palaeoanthropology today.
1998 Current Anthropol. 39 S69/2 This..paper..makes a serious attempt to further the development of the behavioural ecological perspective on early humans that is so desperately needed in palaeoanthropology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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