The process by which humans originated and developed, especially the evolutionary history of the human species.
From Greek 'anthropos' (human) + 'genesis' (origin, birth). The term entered scientific vocabulary in the 19th century to describe human evolutionary development.
Darwin's 'Origin of Species' sparked intense interest in anthropogenesis, making it one of the most debated words in science—it asks the fundamental question of where we came from.
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