anthropogenesis
nounEtymology 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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The origin of man (humans); its study.
- Holonym: anthropology
- Related terms
- anthropogenetic, anthropogenetics, anthropogenic, anthropogenous, anthropogeny, anthropogonic, anthropogony