ancestor
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Because these markings are passed down to daughter cells, researchers can examine the recorded sequences and identify which cells descended from a shared ancestor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
"A reimagined Citroën 2CV should give a big nod to its ancestor - especially on price and design simplicity as well as visual cues," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Paul Theroux’s final travelogue takes him to the land of an ancestor who arrived by ‘dumb luck and good timing.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Thanks to an ancestor who wished to never feel the agony of love again, any man the Owens women fall in love with ends up dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
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The research has provided important new insights into the early history of mammals, particularly how rapidly their ancestors developed specialized bodies and lifestyles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Whatever chains there were to the past suffering of my ancestors, they were completely broken,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
In “Animate,” Michael Bond takes readers back 15,000 years to a time when the lives of our ancestors were dominated by wild animals in a way unrecognizable to most people today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“This is the river reed that your ancestors used in their ascent. We are at the entrance of the Third World.”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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