Origins - Medicine and Biology

Medicine and Biology

  • Paleoanthropology, the study of human origin
  • Origin of humanity, the study of human evolution
  • Origin (anatomy), the place or point at which a part or structure arises
  • Origin of replication, the location at which DNA replication is initiated
  • The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's 1859 book
  • Pedigree (dog), registered ancestry

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