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Recent Examples of antecessor
With that information, the researchers could place H. antecessor more confidently within the human lineage.
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
But visual inspection could not resolve where H. antecessor fit in the hominin lineup.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2020
Though, a protein analysis of the 800,000-year-old tooth enamel of a H. antecessor published last year lends his theory credence.
—Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
The physical features of H. antecessor have left anthropologists puzzling over its relationships with other early humans.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2020
The EVAs are both primal antecessors and evolved descendants of humans; occasionally, the two beings are one and the same.
—Maya Phillips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
In addition to marks showing flesh was stripped from the bone, evidence suggests the Gran Dolina residents—an ancient human relative called Homo antecessor—ate their victims’ brains.
—Kevin Webb, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2017
Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
But visual inspection could not resolve where H. antecessor fit in the hominin lineup.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2020
Though, a protein analysis of the 800,000-year-old tooth enamel of a H. antecessor published last year lends his theory credence.
—Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
The physical features of H. antecessor have left anthropologists puzzling over its relationships with other early humans.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2020
The EVAs are both primal antecessors and evolved descendants of humans; occasionally, the two beings are one and the same.
—Maya Phillips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
In addition to marks showing flesh was stripped from the bone, evidence suggests the Gran Dolina residents—an ancient human relative called Homo antecessor—ate their victims’ brains.
—Kevin Webb, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antecessor
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Yet running the National is a job that has taxed her six predecessors—all of them white men, four of them educated at Cambridge.Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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Thanks to Total Harmonic Distortion Compensation, the iFi GO link Max delivers a purer and less distorted sound than its predecessor.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Now, Hall is helping safeguard the legacy of his ancestors—and redefining generational wealth in the process.Sofia Perez, Saveur, 21 Nov. 2024
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Fleshing out the ensemble cast of characters are Keiran Atreides (Chris Mason), an ancestor of Paul Atreides; the emperor's wife Natalya (Jodhi May); and Desmond Hart (Travis Fimmel), a mysterious soldier with a shocking revelation about a trip to Arrakis.Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Burke, a veteran foreign correspondent for The Guardian, traces the intellectual progenitors of the modern ideas of jihad that inspired bin Laden and his followers.Hisham Melhem, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2015
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While Bologna and Modena engaged in a friendly dispute over the paternity of Tortellini for centuries, the town of Castelfranco Emilia was declared its progenitor in the 1800s.Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Rust tells the story of a 13-year-old boy (Patrick Scott McDermott) who accidentally kills a rancher in 1880s Wyoming and goes on the run with his grandfather, played by Baldwin as the title character, Harland Rust.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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He was named after Pitt’s grandfather PEOPLE previously reported that Knox was named after Pitt's grandfather, Hal Knox Hillhouse.Jordana Comiter, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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But with relaxed censorship and a new governmental push to foster cinematic culture, the late 1990s saw the formation of the prolific South Korean auteurs best known internationally today—the forefathers of the New Korean Cinema.Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Their forefathers and descendants have been on this land for nearly 300 years starting as slaves on the plantations.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
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Think about why your forebears left their country of origin.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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The tour group is sitting around a table having dinner and reminiscing about their forebears’ resilience, not their suffering.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Like its classic-rock forebearer Desert Trip, the concert will bring two acts per night to Indio’s Empire Polo Club, on the weekend of Oct. 6-8.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
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After leaving Alabama, Avinger served a year in the U.S. Army, then signed for a season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, one of the forebearers of the Canadian Football League.Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 17 Apr. 2023
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