ancestor

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However, many of the fruit species they regularly eat contain measurable ethanol, indicating that alcohol is a routine part of their menu and was probably present in the diets of our human ancestors as well.

From Science Daily

The final play of Stoppard’s brilliant career was sparked by the playwright learning of the plight of his Jewish ancestors upon his mother’s death in 1996.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet Miles’ experience highlights a recurring problem: Native Americans, the first inhabitants of what is now the United States, are sometimes treated as foreigners by the very government their ancestors predated.

From Salon

This link strengthens the case that two separate species of early human ancestors were living in the same region at the same time.

From Science Daily

At that time, the archipelago was home to communities whose ancestors had come from North Africa more than a thousand years earlier.

From Science Daily