lineage
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Every major hominin lineage we have been able to examine genomically shows admixture.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Now, 151 years after Pacheco’s spell as governor, Xavier Becerra puts his Mexican lineage front and center: his mother born in Jalisco, and his father born in Sacramento and raised in Tijuana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 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
The performer of epic poetry was a rhapsoidos, a song-weaver, and this apt metaphor positions Ms. Hall in the lineage of ancient bards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The sun made the space behind her eyelids as red as blood, made her think of lineage and dynasties, of rightful places in families.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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