ancestor
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I teach my students about Didion’s ancestor, Nancy Hardin Cornwall, who trekked westward with the Donner-Reed party in 1846.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
"Octopuses are among the most evolutionarily distant animals from humans, as our last common ancestor was a worm that lived 350 to 500 million years ago," says Kieseler.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Early in the 20th century, researchers assumed lizards inherited osteoderms from a common ancestor.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Again the reigning successor to George III will be obliged to say nice words about the men his ancestor would gladly have hanged from the nearest tree.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
“In the old days, he committed horrible crimes. He used his gift of sight for evil. Jupiter sent the harpies to plague him. The Argonauts—including your ancestor, by the way—” “The prince of Pylos?”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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It's All in the Family
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