monogenesis

monogenesis
noun /mɒnəˈʤɛnəsɪs/
a) The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple.

, 2003: Some held that negritude was a product of living under the tropical sun, a perhaps beneficial adaptation to a fierce climate – an environmentalist solution chiming with monogenesis and Lockean malleability models. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 248)

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

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  • Monogenesis — Mon o*gen e*sis, n. [Mono + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; opposed to {polygenesis}. Called also {monism}. Dana. Haeckel. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) That form of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • monogenesis — monogenesis. См. бесполое размножение. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • monogenesis — monogenesis. = asexual reproduction (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Monogenĕsis — (griech.), Abstammung der Menschen oder andrer Lebewesen von Einem Paar …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • monogenesis — [män΄ō jen′ə sis, män΄əjen′ə sis] n. [ModL: see MONO & GENESIS] Biol. 1. the hypothetical descent of all living organisms from a single original organism or cell 2. asexual reproduction, as by budding or spore formation …   English World dictionary

  • Monogenesis — Monogenism (monogenesis) is the theory of human origins which posits a single origin for all human races. For the belief that all humans are descended from Adam, see Polygenism. Monogenesis may refer to: Recent African origin of modern humans… …   Wikipedia

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  • Monogenesis (linguistics) — In linguistics, monogenesis refers to the doctrine that all spoken human languages are descended from a single ancestral language spoken many thousands of years ago in the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. The first serious scientific attempt to… …   Wikipedia

  • Monogénesis y poligénesis lingüística — La monogénesis y la poligénesis lingüísticas son dos hipótesis alternativas sobre el origen filogenético de las lenguas humanas. De acuerdo con la monogénesis el lenguaje humano surgió una sola vez en una única comunidad, y todas las lenguas… …   Wikipedia Español

  • monogenesis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1859 origin of diverse individuals or kinds (as of language) by descent from a single ancestral individual or kind …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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