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Researchers also computationally reconstructed the genome of the ancient ancestor shared by all living bats.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Paul Theroux’s travelogue takes him to the land of an ancestor who arrived by “dumb luck and good timing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Tishler’s new boss, George W. Merck, was heir to a family enterprise dating to 1668, when an ancestor opened an apothecary in Darmstadt, Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It is unclear exactly how the sculpture came to be in the Cotswolds, but the family presume it was bought at auction by an ancestor in the mid 1900s.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Again as we discussed above, the crop’s rapid spread preempted any possible further attempts to domesticate its relatives, as well as to redomesticate its ancestor.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Modern British royals have expressed remorse for the brutal slave trade that enriched their ancestors, but like the UK government have not issued an official apology for the slave trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Among our hunter-gatherer ancestors, natural selection probably favored those most attuned to animals and disfavored those who were unaware.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Following the singer's death, research by staff at Conwy council's archives suggested Parton's ancestors were from Machynlleth, not Conwy as previously thought.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Laboratory experiments showed that some reconstructed peptides from extinct ancestors were more effective against drug resistant bacteria than some versions found in modern species.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

How am I supposed to toss away the songs our ancestors passed on to us from the time they fled Spain?

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar