primatology

Noun

Meaning

the branch of zoology that studies primates

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

osteology comparative anatomy physical anthropology paleoanthropology human paleontology biological anthropology skeletal biology human genetics human variation human evolution

Hypernyms

mammalogy

Related terms

primatologist

Examples

Sociology: A branch of primatology. Tarik Gunersel

Primatology pioneer Yerkes had a long and storied fascination with the study of chimpanzees. Source: Internet

American Journal of Primatology 58:175–180 (2002), Noboyuki Kutsukake and Takahisa Matsusaka. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

primatological primatologically primatologist primatomorph primatomorphan primatophilic