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ANTHROPOGENY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anthropogeny mean?
• ANTHROPOGENY (noun)
The noun ANTHROPOGENY has 1 sense:
1. the evolution or genesis of the human race
Familiarity information: ANTHROPOGENY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The evolution or genesis of the human race
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
anthropogenesis; anthropogeny
Hypernyms ("anthropogeny" is a kind of...):
evolution; organic evolution; phylogenesis; phylogeny ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)
Derivation:
anthropogenetic (of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings)
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