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ancestor

noun as in predecessor in family

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Although the species was probably not the common ancestor to all ecdysozoans, the authors note, the discovery contributes a significant addition to our understanding of the diversity of life before the so-called Cambrian explosion.

Most Nagas now follow Christianity, but their ancestors were animists who followed different birth and death rituals.

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It’s that feeling of studying a photo of an ancestor, marveling at their outfit, trying to decipher who they were through each stylistic detail.

Sometimes the influencers revisit the civil war - who won, what happened - and insult their ancestors and even brag about having killed rivals.

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The farther generations get from their immigrant ancestors, Meneses said, the more they want to know their Portuguese roots, because it is “something that distinguishes them from others,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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