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Noun: human paleontology  'hyoo-mun ,pey-lee-un'tó-lu-jee
  1. The scientific study of human fossils
    - paleoanthropology [N. Amer], palaeoanthropology [Brit, Cdn], human palaeontology

Type of: vertebrate paleontology

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