multiregionalism
The hypothesis that humans first arose near the beginning of the Pleistocene, two…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.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)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
From multiregional + -ism.From multiregional + -ism.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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