descendants
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These findings suggest that some epigenetic traits may emerge in descendants through mechanisms that remain poorly understood.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Among them were lagerpetids, small bipedal relatives of dinosaurs whose descendants would eventually evolve into pterosaurs.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Now Filip Krapels hopes to unravel the story and return it to Stan's descendants in Wales.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Some of the Rubén’s direct descendants would win the award once again 30 years later.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Just as the greatest plays of Aeschylus, in the fifth century, are about Atreus’ descendants, so the greatest plays of his contemporary Sophocles are about Oedipus and his children.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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