ancestor

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Among this alien cast were the early ancestors of gnathostomes, or jawed vertebrates, which were still rare and unremarkable at the time.

From Science Daily

Based on the limited data currently available, the study suggests that circoviruses may have been infecting the ancestors of modern cetaceans early in their evolutionary history.

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Their findings suggest the specimen may not belong to any known human ancestor species and could represent an entirely new one.

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If true, that ability would make it the earliest known human ancestor.

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"There is simply no way of knowing, without studying a representative sample group from the same area, with ancestors born in the same place and subjected to the same conditions," he told me.

From BBC