protoanthropology

English Thesaurus

1. the study humans prior to the invention of writing (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	archaeology, archeology,
definition	:	the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	protoarchaeology, protoarcheology,
definition	:	the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils (noun.cognition)