zoogenesis

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.