monogenesis

Definitions

1. The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple.
   uncountable, usually
2. The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source.
   uncountable, usually
3. Development of the ovum from a parent like itself.
   uncountable, usually
4. Asexual/nonsexual reproduction, which involves only one parent.
   uncountable, usually
5. The emergence from a single cause or origin.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“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.”

“The view⟳ that one parent tale in one fixed location spawned numerous progeny the world over has come⟳ to be known as the theory of monogenesis and diffusion. The contrasting theory of polygenesis assumes that resemblances among tales can be attributed to independent invention in places unconnected by trade⟳ routes or travel⟳.”

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