ancestors
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"If mammalian ancestors were egg-laying or viviparous has been considered an inscrutable mystery," said Gaetano.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Baruah has lived in Charing since birth, and her ancestors lived here before her.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
"But as it is coming for those who came before me, our elders and ancestors, we know how to roll up our sleeves and fight. So that's what we're gonna do."
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
My mother’s ancestors and my father’s boyhood and Sappho’s fragments and the sea that raised me are all still there, waiting, under a sky the color of alarm.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
They’re these old sayings our ancestors brought with them from Africa.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
