ancestral
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It was shouted by Joe Biden as he visited his ancestral home in Ballina.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The island's isolation -- 2,000 kilometres east of the capital Jakarta -- has helped preserve these ancestral social structures.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
That possibility challenges the simpler version of marsupial evolution, in which one ancestral group gave rise to the full diversity of Australian marsupials.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
For Jeremy Stahl, whose family is French and Moroccan, Thursday’s quarterfinal game between his two ancestral countries was a special blend of pain and pleasure.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Rapid spread of a crop may preempt domestication not only of the same wild ancestral species somewhere else but also of related wild species.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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