paleoanthropological
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The volume drew on ethnographic, archaeological and paleoanthropological evidence to argue that hunting is what drove human evolution and resulted in our suite of unique features.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2023
She was once the scion, and is now matriarch, of the Leakey dynasty, three generations of paleoanthropological royalty.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2020
While many in the paleoanthropological community dispute Berger’s theories and methods, there is no doubt that his book’s lively prose will win new fans for paleoanthropology.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2017
And the specimens in question were found not in East Africa, which has become synonymous with a sort of paleoanthropological Garden of Eden, but clear on the other side of the continent—and the Sahara—in Morocco.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2017
Linguistic archaeology, anthropological and especially paleoanthropological history, computational history, are only some of the post-literate forms of practical experiences constituting a new domain of history.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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