ancestors

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The study also allowed researchers to estimate likely handedness in extinct human ancestors.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

At some point, our ancestors began living in groups that weren’t only companions, but co-parents.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The Goldrich will open with a museum exhibition titled “Meet Your Neighbor,” amplifying diverse L.A. communities and featuring stories of Angelenos and their ancestors who resettled, immigrated or sought refuge from persecution and violence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

“Many of my teachers and mentors were people whose ancestors had come to the country during the great wave of Jewish migration.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Nervously, she told him about the dead Portuguese and the panga she thought he had given her, about the puff adder that had come from the ancestors, and about Long Teats.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer