ancestral
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A new law, which came into force in December, aims to correct that historical inequity, by allowing not just the children of Canadians to claim citizenship, but anyone who can prove an ancestral tie.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
A sweeping genetic analysis is challenging one of the simplest versions of the human origin story: the idea that all modern humans arose from a single ancestral population in Africa.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
Every year during the breeding season, the volunteers work to help toads cross the busy A525 from their land habitat to their ancestral breeding ground at the reservoir.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Like other members of the diaspora, they retain strong ties to India, with many regularly travelling to visit their families or ancestral homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
When ancestral Polynesians spread into the Pacific around 3,200 years ago, they encountered islands differing greatly in their environments.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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