Definition of ANTHROPOGENY

anthropogeny

Meanings

Plural: anthropogenies

Noun

  • the evolution or genesis of the human race
  • The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.

Origin / Etymology

From anthropo- + -geny, attested 1839.
As it were from a Greek *ἀνθρωπογένεια (*anthrōpogéneia), hypothetical abstract noun of ἀνθρωπογενής (anthrōpogenḗs, “born of man”).

Synonyms

anthropogenesis

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