ancestor
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Scientists are still unsure whether these shared traits come from a common ancestor or from similar environmental pressures shaping their evolution.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
This distant ancestor lived nearly 600 million years ago.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
Humans, chimps and bonobos share a common ancestor going back 7 million years or so.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
The hedge-born man conceived in a hookup under the hawthorn bushes in 17th-century Britain was the direct linguistic ancestor of today’s naked short-sellers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
I still don’t really know who the woman in black is—if she’s my guardian angel, if she’s an ancestor from my past or my future—but I know that she’ll always be with me.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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It's All in the Family
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Native American History - Introductory
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