descendants
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Neanderthals, Homo erectus, and other ancient relatives were evolutionary dead ends – unfortunate cousins who left no descendants.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
That strategy played a role in driving unprecedented turnout among Israel's Arab minority -- descendants of Palestinians who stayed after the country's creation in 1948 and who account for about 20 percent of the population.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
A 51-acre piece of land along the Pacific Crest Trail above Santa Clarita is going back to descendants of the people who once lived there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
And the people coming back for them were not the European descendants of yore.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
In his two hands, by himself, Anatole the orphan without descendants began to drag away one of the large bushbucks he’d shot on the hill.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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