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Turanian, and a highly gifted sketch of the main phases of human evolution; to MacLennan -- the law of exogeny; and to Fison and

—Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution

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Same as exogamy.
In sporozoans, sporulation taking place after the cyst has left the host, as in Gregarinida and Coccidiidea generally. See endogeny.

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Turanian, and a highly gifted sketch of the main phases of human evolution; to MacLennan -- the law of exogeny; and to Fison and — Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution

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Greek ἔξω, outside, + -γενεια, from -γένης, -born.

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