ancestral
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According to the authors, only 1 to 4% of genetic differentiation among living human populations can be traced to variation between these ancestral stem populations.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
Elias built the house in his ancestral village nearly 20 years ago, after spending six years saving up.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
"We propose that the system found in Captorhinus represents the ancestral condition for the kind of rib assisted respiration present in living reptiles, birds, and mammals" said Reisz.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
For the first time in more than 80 years, the fish swam in their ancestral river, where they had once been abundant.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
As a result, although similar in other respects to ancestral donkeys, onagers have never been domesticated.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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