Paleoantropologiaan
Paleoantropologiaan, often translated as paleoanthropology, is the scientific study of the fossil and living primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It seeks to understand the evolutionary history of humans and their closest relatives. This interdisciplinary field draws on a variety of methods and knowledge from paleontology, anthropology, genetics, geology, and archaeology.
Paleoanthropologists investigate fossilized remains such as bones, teeth, and footprints, as well as stone tools and
Major fossil discoveries, such as those of *Australopithecus afarensis* (like the famous "Lucy" skeleton), *Homo habilis*,