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Definition of Human paleontology

1. Noun. The scientific study of human fossils.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Human Paleontology

Literary usage of Human paleontology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"It is a habit worthy of all respect in itself, but generative of subtle traps and grievous pitfalls for the unwary investigator of human paleontology. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"It is a habit worthy of all respect in itself, but generative of subtle traps and grievous pitfalls for the unwary investigator of human paleontology. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"Work on human paleontology is also not vigorously pursued. The difficulty of giving anthropological research an adequate position in the scheme of the ..."

4. The Plurality of the Human Race by Georges Pouchet (1864)
"It belongs to human paleontology alone to enlighten us upon the origin of the present human types ; it alone can lead us in a sure path towards the great ..."

5. Dynamic Sociology by Lester Frank Ward (1883)
"Relying chiefly on the many facts brought forward in these works, and upon the meager teachings of human paleontology, we have thus far sketched the ..."

6. Dynamic Sociology: Or Applied Social Science by Lester Frank Ward (1897)
"... and upon the meager teachings of human paleontology, we have thus far sketched the supposed path of the progress of mankind from the animal to the human ..."

7. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"7. Physical, social and cultural Anthropology. («') Comparative Anatomy of Primates, human paleontology, and evolution. ..."

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