Definition of Anthropogeny

1. Noun. The evolution or genesis of the human race.


Definition of Anthropogeny

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

Definition of Anthropogeny

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Anthropogeny

1. The origin and development of man, both individual and racial. Synonym: anthropogenesis, anthropogony. Origin: anthropo-+ G. Genesis, origin (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthropogeny

anthropocentrisms
anthropochory
anthropod
anthropodermic
anthropodicies
anthropodicy
anthropods
anthropoeia
anthropogenesis
anthropogenetic
anthropogenetics
anthropogenic
anthropogenically
anthropogenies
anthropogenous
anthropogeny (current term)
anthropoglot
anthropoglots
anthropogony
anthropography
anthropoid
anthropoid ape
anthropoid pelvis
anthropoidal
anthropoidea
anthropoids
anthropolatry
anthropolite
anthropolites
anthropologic

Literary usage of Anthropogeny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1897)
"RESULTS OF anthropogeny. Review of the Germ history as given. ... Influence of anthropogeny on the Victory of the Monistic Philosophy and the Defeat of the ..."

2. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1879)
"RESULTS OF anthropogeny. Review of the Germ-history as given. ... Influence of anthropogeny on the Victory of the Monistic Philosophy and the Defeat of the ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"anthropogeny.—As before indicated, the origin of man combines many ... (By far the most learned treatise on anthropogeny published during the year. ..."

4. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Scientific Study by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1910)
"Importance of anthropogeny for the victory of the monistic philosophy. ... Reform of philosophy by anthropogeny. Now that we have traversed the wonderful ..."

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