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alt. 1 (context paleontology English) the process of becoming like a human 2 (context theology English) the beginning of human life, or of a deity's life in human form n. 1 (context paleontology English) the process of becoming like a human 2 (context theology English) the beginning of human life, or of a deity's life in human form
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Hominization, also called anthropogenesis, refers to the process of becoming human, and is used in somewhat different contexts in the fields of paleontology and paleoanthropology, archeology, philosophy and theology.
Usage examples of "hominization".
Teilhard de Chardin saw every step of evolution as a hopeful sign-even mass extinctions as a cause for joy-with cosmogenesis, his word, occurring when humanity became central to the universe, noogenesis as the continued evolution of man's mind, and hominization and ultrahominization as the stages of Homo sapiens evolving to true humanity.
Teilhard de Chardin saw every step of evolution as a hopeful sign -- even mass extinctions as a cause for joy -- with cosmogenesis, his word, occurring when humanity became central to the universe, noogenesis as the continued evolution of man's mind, and hominization and ultrahominization as the stages of Homo sapiens evolving to true humanity.