ancestor
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Early in the 20th century, researchers assumed lizards inherited osteoderms from a common ancestor.
From Science Daily • May 21, 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
Lystrosaurus, a tough, plant-eating ancestor of mammals, became one of the dominant species after the End-Permian Mass Extinction around 252 million years ago.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
My ancestor Billington’s great-grandchildren may not have realized it, but the impenetrable sweep of dark forest admired by Thoreau was something that Billington never saw.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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It's All in the Family
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"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
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Native American History - Introductory
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