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palaeoanthropology

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palaeoanthropology [ˌpælɪəʊˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) the branch of anthropology concerned with primitive man
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Noun1.palaeoanthropology - the scientific study of human fossilspalaeoanthropology - the scientific study of human fossils
human palaeontology, human paleontology, paleoanthropology
vertebrate paleontology - the paleontology of vertebrates
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According to a report in New Scientist, Jin Changzhu and colleagues of the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology in Beijing found the ancient human fossil.
110,000-year-old human fossil found in China challenges 'out of ... by Asian News International
Xu, of the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology in Beijing, backs this theory by doing a three-way comparison between Limusaurus, primitive therapods and early tetanurans, a therapod sub-group from which Archaeopteryx emerged.
Digital age: Chinese fossil revives bird-dino link by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The team, led by Prof Xiaolin Wang at the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology in Beijing, discovered the nearly complete fossilised skeleton near Jianchang in Liaoning province.
Tiny pterosaur fossil found by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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