paleoanthropology
noun
paleoanthropology is a noun meaning “The scientific study of ancient human remains” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-L-E-O-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-L-O-G-Y, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does paleoanthropology mean?
noun
- 1
The scientific study of ancient human remains.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of paleoanthropology
- paleanthropology
- palaeoanthropology
- palæoanthropology
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is paleoanthropology?
Paleoanthropology appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Paleoanthropology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of ancient human remains:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | paléoanthropologie |
| German | Paläoanthropologie, Paläanthropologie |
| Spanish | paleoantropología |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does paleoanthropology come from?
From paleo- + anthropology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).