ancestor

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Quiwa's ancestors built their first piece for the inaugural 1908 festival -- which has continued to this day and was only interrupted by war and the pandemic.

From Barron's

They are basking in the sun with their ancestors and it’s purity, it’s love, it’s freedom.

From Los Angeles Times

River dolphins live entirely in freshwater even though their ancestors were marine.

From Science Daily

The team concluded that this reduction likely occurred in a common ancestor before the lineage split into multiple species.

From Science Daily

Fossil evidence shows that sea cow ancestors have fed on aquatic plants for roughly 50 million years.

From Science Daily