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paleoanthropology

study of ancient humans
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Summary

paleoanthropology is a branch of anthropology[1]. paleoanthropology draws 1,382 Wikipedia views per month (branch of anthropology category, ranking #8 of 32).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of paleontology[3], academic discipline[4], field of study[5], field of work[6]
  • Founder: Édouard Lartet[7]
  • Subclass of: paleontology[8], anthropology[9]
  • Commons category: Paleoanthropology[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Paleoanthropology[11]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13]
  • Practiced by: paleoanthropologist[14]

Why It Matters

paleoanthropology has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] paleoanthropology is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Acultzingo anthropology Eugène Dubois human evolution paleontology Richard Leakey Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2IYzCn
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37385|batch #37385]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541)"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005542-paleoantropologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005542-paleoantropologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founded by → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → paleontology, anthropology
    Instance of → branch of anthropology, branch of paleontology, academic discipline +3
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 18947, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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