What is Paleoanthropology?
[[File:Fossil hominids.jpg|thumb|A museum display of fossil [[hominid]] skulls]] [[File:Australopithecus africanus side1 (University of Zurich).JPG|thumb|''[[Australopithecus africanus]]'']] '''Paleoanthropology''' (or palaeoanthropology) combines the [[wikt:study|study]] of [[paleontology]] and [[physical anthropology]]. It is the study of [[human evolution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://humanorigins.si.edu/education/introduction-human-evolution |title=Introduction to human evolution |author= |date= |website=National Museum of Natural History |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref> The subject is also closely [[wikt:connected|connected]] to [[archaeology]].<ref>Barry Lewis; Robert Jurmain & Lynn Kilgore 2013. ''Understanding humans: an introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology''. 11th ed, Belmont CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, p. 18.</ref> The [[evidence]] of [[handaxe|tool-making]] and other activities shows the [[wikt:subtle|subtle]] but important changes in thinking that early humans went through.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/4/l_074_01.html |title=Dexterity and early tools |author= |date= |website=PBS: Evolution |publisher=WGBH Educational Foundation; Clear Blue Sky Productions, Inc|accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[Human evolution]] *[[Palaeolithic]] == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Subfields of paleontology]] [[Category:Evolution]] [[Category:Physical anthropology]]