paleoanthropology

Questions about paleoanthropology

What does paleoanthropology mean?

paleoanthropology means "the scientific study of human fossils".

How many syllables are in paleoanthropology?

paleoanthropology has 8 syllables and divides as pa-le-o-an-thro-po-lo-gy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for paleoanthropology?

Close synonyms include palaeoanthropology, human paleontology, human palaeontology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paleoanthropology a common word?

paleoanthropology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.