monogenism
noun
the theory that the human race has descended from a single pair of individuals or a single ancestral type.
monogenist
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a word derived from
monogenism.
Example Sentences
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Science, if it has no decided verdict to render, does not stand in conflict with the monogenist doctrine, which has generally been understood to be the teaching of the Scriptures.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
The present tendencies of natural science, especially since Darwin, are favorable to the monogenist view.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
The tendencies of natural science at present, as we have said above, are strongly toward the monogenist view.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
MONOGENISM.—Zoölogists, from the point of view of their own science, now more generally favor the monogenist doctrine, which traces mankind to a single pair, than the polygenist, which assumed different centers of origin.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
The monogenist may take exception to the term and especially to the idea while the polygenist, unless he be a corporealist, may not.
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
