palaeoneurologypaleoneurologyn.
/ˌpalɪəʊnjᵿˈrɒlədʒi/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊnjᵿˈrɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌn(j)uˈrɑlədʒi/, /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌn(j)əˈrɑlədʒi/; see also neurology n. The branch of science that deals with the neurology of animals and humans of the historical, prehistoric, or geological past, esp. the evolutionary development of the human nervous system.
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1915 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 25 136 The subject of Paleoneurology is still in its infancy.
1976 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 280 379 The data of paleoneurology can be used as the basis of quantitative decisions about the evolution of language in the hominids.
2001 Archaeology May–June 18/2 While conceding that the speciality of clinical paleoneurology is ‘almost non-existent’, an international neuroscience research group has made a brave first step into the ancient world with an analysis of about 200 Roman mummy portraits.
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