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For over two centuries there has been a debate in the West between monogenesis and polygenesis .
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2011
The images of Renty and his daughter are part of Agassiz’s polygenesis work.
—Deirdre Fernandes, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
But Agassiz also advocated polygenesis, the belief that humans weren’t all the same species and that white people were superior.
—Deirdre Fernandes, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
Douglass was especially critical of the promotion of polygenesis: the idea that the races of humankind emerged in separate creation events and with unequal capacities.
—Britt Rusert, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
Far less so is Samuel Morton (champion of the obsolete theory of polygenesis) or Thomas Dixon (author of novels romanticizing Klan violence).
—Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2017
This shaped his application of special creationism to humans, in a theory that came to be known as polygenesis.
—National Geographic, 5 Feb. 2017
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2011
The images of Renty and his daughter are part of Agassiz’s polygenesis work.
—Deirdre Fernandes, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
But Agassiz also advocated polygenesis, the belief that humans weren’t all the same species and that white people were superior.
—Deirdre Fernandes, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
Douglass was especially critical of the promotion of polygenesis: the idea that the races of humankind emerged in separate creation events and with unequal capacities.
—Britt Rusert, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
Far less so is Samuel Morton (champion of the obsolete theory of polygenesis) or Thomas Dixon (author of novels romanticizing Klan violence).
—Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2017
This shaped his application of special creationism to humans, in a theory that came to be known as polygenesis.
—National Geographic, 5 Feb. 2017
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“Polygenesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polygenesis. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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