ancestors
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A local spirit medium sprinkles blood on the ground to appease the ancestors before blessing the kill and presiding over the distribution of the meat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
A 2019 review in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology documents at least three distinct introgression events from Denisovan-like populations into south-east Asian and Oceanic ancestors alone, some occurring as recently as 20,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Our ancestors crossed the Atlantic for land, and for land they went west on their Conestoga wagons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“We are not even playing music this year because I wanted everyone to be able to hear the sounds of the wind and I feel like the ancestors are speaking to us through the wind.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
“I feel that too. Even though our ancestors were expelled hundreds of years ago, the houses and streets still seem filled with the memory of their presence.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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