lineage
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GC: You know, I think there’s like a lineage, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
West African populations carry genetic signatures from an unidentified archaic lineage.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
The broader crocodile lineage, known as pseudosuchians, once included heavily armored plant eaters, predators that hunted entirely on land, and enormous animals weighing more than a metric ton.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
In July, he called Cooks proposing an entirely new series, this time looking beyond a European lineage to one rooted in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
‘Because Aragorn is descended in direct lineage, father to father, from Isildur Elendil’s son himself. And the sword that he bears was Elendil’s sword.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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