Anthropogenesis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The origin of man. uncountable
  2. 2
    the evolution or genesis of the human race wordnet

Synonyms

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anthropogenyanthropogenyanthropogony

Etymology

From anthropo- + -genesis, attested in English 1862, replacing or used alongside earlier anthropogeny; earlier use in German Anthropogenesis and French anthropogénésie (alongside anthropogénie), from the 1820s.

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