'origin of mankind' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when discussing the origin of humans, such as in a scientific paper about evolution or a history essay about early civilisations. For example: "The exact origin of mankind remains shrouded in mystery, but recent archaeological discoveries suggest a timeline for the evolution of early humans."
The adaptations and diversity of organisms, the origin of novel and complex species, even the origin of mankind, could now be explained by an orderly process of change governed by natural laws.
Emily Carini's "Leaving Eden" collection focuses on a "new narrative on the origin of mankind," this time one that is genderless.
In his study of the comparative evidence for an origin of mankind from trees in Indo-European society, Anders Hultgård observes that "myths of the origin of mankind from trees or wood seem to be particularly connected with ancient Europe and Indo-Europe and Indo-European-speaking peoples of Asia Minor and Iran.
Augusto Navarette, a doorman, opened the front-desk's drawer to reveal what he had been browsing from downstairs: "The Leakeys: Uncovering the Origins of Mankind".
Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and prominent atheist, is used to criticism from those who do not share his views on religion or the origins of mankind.
But that's too close to elements of David Fincher's Alien III and would completely fail to answer any of the highfalutin questions about the origins of mankind so infuriatingly posed by the first film.
Mr. Spano said later that when Mr. Clinton sat down after his speech, which covered everything from President Bush's tax cuts to the federal deficit, Keynesian economic theory, terrorism, religious fundamentalism and the origins of mankind, he asked the county executive how he thought it had gone over.
Perhaps influenced by the palpable sense of disappointment over the idea of a Prometheus sequel with no connection to Alien, and presumably a whole lot more Lindelof-influenced portentous hogwash about the origins of mankind (which will still probably be in the movie), Scott announced that everything he had previously told us was wrong.
In the book, the queen takes several plunges into other politically delicate areas, saying that she does not support euthanasia — an issue being hotly debated in Spain — and that she believes schools should include a divine creator in teaching the origins of mankind.
Prometheus, telling the story of a team of explorers who discover a clue to the origins of mankind, was also screened in 3D.
It is also the name of the film's spaceship, carrying a team of scientists on a mission into deepest space to find the origins of mankind - following a map of star constellations found in cave paintings and carvings from ancient civilisations across the world.
