Autochthon
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Autochthon, autochthons or autochthonous may refer to:
Animals
- Autochton (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
- Autochton cellus, a North and Central American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae
Fiction
- Autochthons, characters in the novel The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick
- Autochthon, a Primordial in the Exalted role-playing game
Science
- Autochthonous transmission, spread of disease between two individuals in the same place
Natural science
- Autochthon (geology), a sediment or rock that can be found at its site of formation or deposition, as opposed to an allochthon
- Autochthon (nature), or landrace, an indigenous animal or plant
Social science
- Autochthon (ancient Greece), a concept or mythology of a people born from the land
- Autochthonous language, the language of an indigenous people
- Autochthonism or Indigenism, ethnic nationalism promoting the identity of an indigenous people
- Autochthones or Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
See also
- Aborigine (disambiguation)
- Auto (disambiguation)
- Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights, a far right political party
- Autochtoon, Dutch people in the Netherlands
- Chthon (disambiguation)
- Constitutional autochthony, an assertion of political autonomy
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