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PROTOANTHROPOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protoanthropology mean?
• PROTOANTHROPOLOGY (noun)
The noun PROTOANTHROPOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the study humans prior to the invention of writing
Familiarity information: PROTOANTHROPOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study humans prior to the invention of writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
protoanthropology; protohistory
Hypernyms ("protoanthropology" is a kind of...):
archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protoanthropology"):
protoarchaeology; protoarcheology (the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils)
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