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Meaning of monogenesis

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

monogenesis

Pronunciation:/mɒnəˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/

noun

Definitions

  1. The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple.

  2. The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source.

  3. Development of the ovum from a parent like itself.

  4. The emergence from a single cause.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monogenesis

Related words

sporulationmonogenymonogenismmonogenistmonogeneticismmonogenesyunilinealitypolygenism