👉 The term "haplodont" is a scientific term in biology and genetics that refers to a group of organisms, usually characterized by having two sets of chromosomes. These sets are known as homologous chromosomes, which means they have identical sequences of DNA. In terms of evolutionary history, haplodonts are part of the clade of extinct mammals, which includes animals from the Miocene epoch (20 million to 14 million years ago) and include modern mammals such as humans