ancestor

It remains the most geographically widespread human ancestor that ever lived.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Then about 1.25 billion years ago, one of these photosynthesizing bacteria partnered with another one-celled organism to create green algae, one lineage of which became the ancestor of all plants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"A reimagined Citroën 2CV should give a big nod to its ancestor - especially on price and design simplicity as well as visual cues," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

About 160 million years ago, near the end of the Jurassic Period, the common ancestor of all placental mammals, whose young develop in the womb, appeared.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

All cats, for example, from the smallest house kitten to the most ferocious lion, share a common feline ancestor who lived about 25 million years ago.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The most reasonable interpretation is that H. erectus populations in east Asia passed this variant to Denisovans through interbreeding, and Denisovans later passed it on to the ancestors of modern south-east Asians and Oceanians.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

In the mid-17th century Morris’s ancestors settled in what would become the Bronx, N.Y., and flourished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“We are not even playing music this year because I wanted everyone to be able to hear the sounds of the wind and I feel like the ancestors are speaking to us through the wind.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Potential applications include studying when human ancestors developed the ability to walk on two legs and how the dinosaur ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

“I am Nhamo, your child,” she whispered to her ancestors.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer