ancestral
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Government departments told AFP they aim to integrate rural areas into the development project, but that Chan's ancestral houses were not culturally significant enough to preserve.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The latest announcement concerns only the ancestral remains, and follows a declaration made by a Naga declaration visiting Oxford in 2025, in which the group requested the objects be returned.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
His mother is a Black American singer-songwriter, raised in Los Angeles with ancestral roots in Tennessee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Our tendency to ascend and reach higher places may reflect a deep ancestral relationship with trees that extends beyond anatomy alone.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
That fulfills part of our definition of plant domestication, as the genetic modification of an ancestral plant in ways that make it more useful to consumers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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