If Paedomorphosis Via Neoteny Involves the Retention of Juvenile Traits

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Essay

If paedomorphosis via neoteny involves the retention of juvenile traits in adults, what is responsible for paedomorphosis via progenesis?

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Definitions:

Bartolomé de Las Casas

A 16th-century Spanish historian and Dominican missionary who advocated for the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.

African Slavery

The forced enslavement of African people, primarily seen in historic contexts such as the transatlantic slave trade to the Americas.

Native Americans

The indigenous peoples of the United States, including those who were present prior to European colonization as well as their descendants.

Pueblo Revolt

Uprising in 1680 in which Pueblo Indians temporarily drove Spanish colonists out of modern-day New Mexico.