relict
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The Latin name Relictithismia kimotsukiensis is similar, as it can be translated as "Thismia relict of Kimotsuki."
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
Either the tiny relict population had winked out, or the original sightings had been in error.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021
"Its living flora, with the highest concentration of primitive, archaic and relict taxa known, is the closest modern-day counterpart for Gondwanan forests," says the UN body.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021
Each grain is a fragment of rock and contains a story of relict mountains, ancient rivers, dinosaur-infested swamps and seas, of past climates and events which tell the amazing story of our planet.
From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2017
Those relict Negritos of Southeast Asia may be the last survivors of the source population from which New Guinea was colonized.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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