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Meaning of "common ancestor"
The phrase 'common ancestor' refers to a shared or mutual ancestor from whom different species, groups, or individuals have evolved over time. It is a term commonly used in the fields of biology, anthropology, and evolutionary science to describe the point in history where two or more distinct lineages originated from a single population
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- An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common.
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The instruments shared common ancestor instruments.
Common ancestor and all its descendants.
Families with a common ancestor were part of a clan.
We inherited this scheme from a common ancestor.
Last common ancestor of gorillas and humans.
Both species were descended from a common ancestor.
The common ancestor continues to remain a mystery.
This is because they share a common ancestor.
The common ancestor of plants was a green alga.
They evolved from our common ancestor.
Persons having a common ancestor are deemed to be relatives.
Since we split from our common ancestor.
The common ancestor of orangutan and human speciated.
And is thought to be the last common ancestor.
Manatee share a common ancestor with elephants.
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Because they were inherited from a common ancestor.
By descent from a common ancestor is clearly true.
A common ancestor of all therian mammals did so.
Two species from one common ancestor.
Common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans.
Since the most recent common ancestor.
Their common ancestor could fly d.
But our species do have a common ancestor.
It is the last common ancestor of all extant life.
All your glasses have a common ancestor.
They share a common ancestor and are monophyletic group.
You and they share a common ancestor.
The common ancestor points at which species diverge.
Are heterotrophic and share a common ancestor.
You share a common ancestor with it.
Variants arising since last common ancestor.
We shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees.
All life on earth has a common ancestor.
Descendants of a common ancestor on the fifth or earlier ascending.
Walk up the tree to the common ancestor.
Suggests a common ancestor for all forms of life.
We all had the same common ancestor.
A temporary common ancestor of each apex is shown in each dimension.
Chimps and humans share a common ancestor.
This represents a common ancestor to all of life forms.
The children likely had a common ancestor.
Humans share a common ancestor with other primates.
The kids probably had a common ancestor.
They share a common ancestor with both us and chimpanzees.
Dogs and wolves shared a common ancestor ve.
The common ancestor of the gorilla and human speciated.
This four sequences from a common ancestor.
Humans share a common ancestor with other apes.
Apes and humans have a recent common ancestor.
The common ancestor of the chimpanzee and human speciated.
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Lots of them were about this ancestor of mine
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