[f. as if ad. Gr. *ἀνθρωπογένεια, abstr. n. f. ἀνθρωπο-γεν-ής born of man.] The investigation of the origin of man.
1839. Hooper, Med. Dict., Anthropogeny, the study of the generation of man.
1879. trans. Haeckels Evol. Man, I. 2. The History of the Evolution of Man, or briefly Anthropogeny.