anthropogeny|ænθrəʊˈpɒdʒɪnɪ| [f. as if ad.Gr. *ἀνθρωπογένεια, abstr.n.f. ἀνθρωπο-γεν-ής born of man.] The investigation of the origin of man. 1839Hooper Med.Dict., Anthropogeny, the study of the generation of man.1879tr.Haeckel's Evol. Man I. 2 The History of the Evolution of Man, or briefly ‘Anthropogeny.’