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paleethnology

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[pey-lee-eth-nol-uh-jee, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ li ɛθˈnɒl ə dʒi, ˌpæl i- /

noun

(formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.

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Etymology

Origin of paleethnology

First recorded in 1865–70; pale- + ethnology

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