paleoanthropology
noun
pa·leo·an·thro·pol·o·gy
ˌpā-lē-ō-ˌan(t)-thrə-ˈpä-lə-jē 
especially British ˌpa-
: a branch of anthropology dealing with fossil hominids
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To Gerhard Weber, one of the founders of virtual paleoanthropology and head of a micro-CT lab at the University of Vienna, PaleoScan isn’t necessarily the game changer X-ray scanning was.
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Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Watch to learn about Lucy’s legacy and how the field of paleoanthropology has evolved, from Lucy discoverer Johanson, leading paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie, and Science Contributing Correspondent Ann Gibbons.
—Bymeagan Cantwell, science.org, 30 May 2024
At the turn of the century, the idea that poor posture posed a serious population-wide health threat became entrenched in American public and popular health culture, thanks in part to the then-burgeoning fields of evolutionary medicine and paleoanthropology.
—Beth Linker, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
But experts from such diverse fields as paleoanthropology and nutrition are questioning these ideas.
—Katharina Menne, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
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Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Watch to learn about Lucy’s legacy and how the field of paleoanthropology has evolved, from Lucy discoverer Johanson, leading paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie, and Science Contributing Correspondent Ann Gibbons.
—Bymeagan Cantwell, science.org, 30 May 2024
At the turn of the century, the idea that poor posture posed a serious population-wide health threat became entrenched in American public and popular health culture, thanks in part to the then-burgeoning fields of evolutionary medicine and paleoanthropology.
—Beth Linker, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
But experts from such diverse fields as paleoanthropology and nutrition are questioning these ideas.
—Katharina Menne, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
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“Paleoanthropology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paleoanthropology. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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