ancestral
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Daniel Felix, 10, looks out from atop a gargantuan stump of an old-growth redwood on his tribe’s ancestral land.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Labrada Gore, a content creator who promotes ancestral health online as Holistic Hilda, said she learned about glyphosate nearly a decade ago and hasn’t shopped the same way since.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
"We propose that the system found in Captorhinus represents the ancestral condition for the kind of rib assisted respiration present in living reptiles, birds, and mammals" said Reisz.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Every year during the breeding season, the volunteers work to help toads cross the busy A525 from their land habitat to their ancestral breeding ground at the reservoir.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Throughout time, many Marvellians have fallen into evil, using their ancestral gifts for unsavory means.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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