anthropogeny

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

anthropo- + -geny, attested 1839.
As it were from a Greek *ἀνθρωπογένεια, hypothetical abstract noun of ἀνθρωπογενής.

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