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The researchers say the use of touch to build trust and cooperation may date back at least seven million years, before humans, chimpanzees and bonobos split from a common ancestor.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Eight of out 10 of Sumba's population of 685,000 people are Christian, but its older "marapu" belief system, that blends animism and ancestor worship, has deep roots.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

I teach my students about Didion’s ancestor, Nancy Hardin Cornwall, who trekked westward with the Donner-Reed party in 1846.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

"Octopuses are among the most evolutionarily distant animals from humans, as our last common ancestor was a worm that lived 350 to 500 million years ago," says Kieseler.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Are you telling me that our ancestor Alonso Mieras was the pirate captain known as Aliento de Perro?”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

"It's not a weight on our shoulders. It's only the symbol of a tradition inherited from our ancestors."

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

This idea proposes that the evolution of larger human brains occurred alongside changes that made the human skeleton less robust and more physically feminine compared with those of earlier ancestors.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

A driving force behind building the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Pritzker’s ancestors fled Russian persecution in modern-day Ukraine in the late 1800s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

In a moment when Black Americans’ voting rights seem under threat, state Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Fla., finds herself aiming to follow in the footsteps of her ancestors and mentors.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

“I feel that too. Even though our ancestors were expelled hundreds of years ago, the houses and streets still seem filled with the memory of their presence.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar