Monogenism

monogenism (or monogenesis) is a word meaning "single origin". It has been used in various contexts as an antonym for polygenism, or "multiple origin".

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In the nineteenth century the term monogenesis was used to refer to the theory, supported by traditional interpretations of the Bible, that human beings all descended from a single recent pair of ancestors, and were thus closely related to one another. In contrast, polygenists argued that separate races should be understood as distinct species. This view was also sometimes claimed to have Biblical support.

Antonym: Antonyms, from the Greek anti ("against") and onoma ("name") are word pairs that are opposite in meaning, such as hot and cold, fat and thin, and up and down. Words may have different antonyms, depending on the meaning. Both long and tall are antonyms of short. Antonyms are of three types:...

Polygenism: Polygenism is a biblical theory of human origins positing that the human races are of different lineages. This is opposite to the idea of monogenism, which posits a single origin of humanity (i.e. Adam and Eve)...

Bible: The Bible (sometimes The Book,Good Book, Word of God, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, "(the) books", plural of βιβλιον, biblion, "book", originally a diminutive of βιβλο...