lineage
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The fossil snakes described in the study came from Northern Patagonia and are closely tied to an ancient southern lineage that lived across the continents of Gondwana.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
His native Hamburg is less than 150 miles away and his mother traces her lineage on Amrum back nine generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
With this, Karol identified herself not just as a “first Latina to,” but as part of a lineage of Latinas who’ve left their mark on pop music.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The US military's pararescue units trace their lineage back to a 1943 mission in which two combat surgeons parachuted into then-Burma - now Myanmar - to help wounded soldiers.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Mendel, despite his odd scientific lineage, and de Vries, despite his dubious personal hygiene, were right.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Born a Crime
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