ancestor

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A person from whom one is descended, especially one more remote than a grandparent.

• My ancestors came from Ireland.
• She traced her family tree back to her earliest known ancestor.
• The tribe honors its ancestors through ceremony.
• Genetic studies reveal that all modern humans share a common ancestor who lived in Africa approximately 200,000 years ago.
• Paleontologists discovered fossils suggesting that birds evolved from a theropod dinosaur ancestor during the Jurassic period.
• Linguists use comparative methods to reconstruct vocabulary from a hypothetical ancestor language that no longer exists.

Eş anlamlılar: forefather, forebear, predecessor, progenitor

Zıt anlamlılar: descendant, offspring

Daha sonraki tür veya formların evrimleştiği erken bir tür veya form

An early type or form from which later types or forms have evolved.

• The ancestor of the modern computer was quite bulky.
• These birds are ancestors of today's chickens.

Eş anlamlılar: precursor, forerunner, prototype

Zıt anlamlılar: descendant, successor