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Anthropogeny

Anˊthro-pog′e-ny

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Noun.
[Gr.
ἄνθρωποσ
man + [GREEK] birth.]
The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.

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anthropogeny

anthropogeny

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Noun

anthropogeny ‎(usually uncountable, plural anthropogenies)

  1. The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.

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Etymology

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

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