Monogenism or the monogenesis theory of human origins posits a common descent for all humans, debated in the 19th-century, it gave way to the now widely accepted theory of the recent African origin of modern humans.
Monogenism or monogenesis may also refer to:
Asexual reproduction, which involves only one parent Monogenesis (linguistics) Monogenetic theory of pidgins
See also Monogenetic (disambiguation) Monogenic (disambiguation) Polygenesis (disambiguation)