ancestor
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She arrived a few days before Día de los Muertos, a day of ancestor veneration in Mexican states like Michoacan, Jalisco and Oaxaca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A human, an octopus, and a coral may appear to have almost nothing in common, but their chromosomes still contain recognizable fragments inherited from an animal ancestor that lived more than 600 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Every living animal ultimately descends from a common ancestor that existed more than 600 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
"When we compare humans with other primates, we are looking at abilities that may have come from a common ancestor," Cuaya added.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Just like me, someone, somewhere on Earth was his ancestor too.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
I do not have faith in gods the way my ancestors had faith in Zeus.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
And now, be the latest node in a transmission that includes Ka, his parents and grandparents, and the ancestors he never knew, but whose wisdom he inherited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Grange said it could pave the way for a "long outstanding settlement for the hundreds of years of the most horrific abuse that our African ancestors endured".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The fossils therefore help document the anatomical transition from pancrustacean ancestors to hexapod insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
His fires were as magical to him as they had been to his prehistoric ancestors.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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