ancestral
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The study also provides an unusually detailed view of adaptive radiation, the process through which one ancestral species rapidly gives rise to many forms suited to different habitats.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Then I brought in the tall ship bookends and African masks, and the works moved in a more ancestral and political direction.”
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
The coca leaf is an ancestral crop traditionally used by indigenous communities in teas and medicines.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Those dates suggest domestication of emmer wheat in the Fertile Crescent, a conclusion supported by the fact that ancestral wild emmer wheat is confined to the area extending from Israel to western Iran and Turkey.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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