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polygenesis

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pol·y·gen·e·sis  (pl-jn-ss)
n.
Derivation of a species or type from more than one ancestor or germ cell.
poly·gene·sist n.
polygenesis [ˌpɒlɪˈdʒɛnɪsɪs]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology evolution of a polyphyletic organism or group
2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) the hypothetical descent of the different races of man from different ultimate ancestors Compare monogenesis
polygenetic  [ˌpɒlɪdʒɪˈnɛtɪk] adj
polygenetically  adv
polygenesis
1. derivation from more than one kind of cell in the generative process.
2. Also called polygenism. the theory that different species have descended from different original ancestors. Cf. monogenesis. — polygenic, polygenetic, adj.
See also: Biology
Translations
polygenesis [ˌpɒlɪˈdʒenɪsɪs] N → poligénesis f
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Polygenesis The monogenesis theory, in simple terms, maintains that the Portuguese presence in Africa beginning in the fifteenth century gave rise to an Afro-Portuguese pidgin that evolved into all creoles including Papiamentu.
Slavery and the development of Papiamentu by Fouse, Gary C. / Journal of Caribbean Literatures
Excellent sources for this information, particularly its theoretical origins in polygenesis during slavery, are Wiegman and Stepan.
"The strangest freaks of despotism": queer sexuality in Antebellum ... by Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah I. / African American Review
A micromorphological comparison of the horizons (Reuter 1964b) proved that the obvious polygenesis can certainly not be a transformation of BrownEarth into Lessive as some other authors have assumed: in the argillic illuvial horizon the clay and silt particles are 90% strongly dispersed.
Harmonic and disharmonic soil-type interference on Late Pleistocene ... by Reuter, Gerhard / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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