Term: zoogenesis (n)
Literally meaning: “birth of animal”
Origin: Anc Greek
zoo-gegenesis
ζώον/zoon=a live thing, animal ⇒ζωή/zoi(=life)
+γένεσις/genesis(=origin) > γεννώ/geno(= “to produce”, “to give birth to”, “to create”)
Coined/History
Zoogenesis was an evolutionary theory from American Zoologist Hobart Clark (1880-1954) which was developed in his book “The new Evolution of Zoogenesis”. Acoording Clark "major types of life forms on earth evolved separately and independently from all the others"
Definition
Zoogenesis is the origin and evolution of an animal.
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