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multiregionalism

multiregionalism noun: the hypothesis that humans first arose near the beginning of the Pleistocene, two million years ago, and subsequent human evolution has been within a single, continuous human species.

Noun

multiregionalism (uncountable)

  1. The hypothesis that humans first arose near the beginning of the Pleistocene, two million years ago, and subsequent human evolution has been within a single, continuous human species.

Origin of multiregionalism

From multiregional + -ism.

Questions about multiregionalism

What does multiregionalism mean?
Multiregionalism means the hypothesis that humans first arose near the beginning of the Pleistocene, two million years ago, and subsequent human evolution has been within a single, continuous human species.
What part of speech is multiregionalism?
Multiregionalism is a noun.

Words near multiregionalism in the dictionary

  1. multireflector
  2. multireflex
  3. multiregime
  4. multiregion
  5. multiregional
  6. multiregionalism
  7. multiregionalist
  8. multiregionalists
  9. multiregionals
  10. multiregistration
  11. multiregulated

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