Definition of palaeodemography in English:
palaeodemography
(US paleodemography)
noun ˌpalɪəʊdɪˈmɒɡrəfiˌpeɪlɪəʊdɪˈmɒɡrəfi
mass nounThe branch of knowledge that deals with the demographic features of past populations and cultures.
古人口学
Example sentencesExamples
- Palaeodemography is one of the vital weight-bearing cornerstones of biological anthropology.
- A previous study of the palaeodemography of these hominids was made after the 1993 season.
- Adult sex ratios in fossil assemblages, when discernible via a form of sexual dimorphism, add a valuable dimension to paleodemography because they are strongly linked to sociality in extant species.
- The pattern of population size change across the Pleistocene has come to be of critical interest, linking paleodemography with population genetics, paleoecology, and paleoanthropology.