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Ancestor

1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the fathers or mothers side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

2. (Science: biology) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

3. One from whom an estate has descended; the correlative of heir.

Origin: oe. Ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. Ancestre, f. Ancetre, fr. The L. Nom. Antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. Ancessor, fr. L. Acc. Antecessorem, fr. Antecedere to go before; ante before _ cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.


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the cultivation of genetics and DNA of Kazakhs people

... relatives within 7 generation(the most hot love also ignored, just burn it :) ), in both mother and father side, too, its mean the blood of their ancestors must not "meet" below 7 generations, so every Kazakh(girl and boy) knows the names of seven ancestors and their blood relationships, ...

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Wed May 08, 2013 1:50 am
 
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by biohazard
Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:37 am
 
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On the number of limbs.

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by Darby
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Re: Civilized man is killed by a gun in the age of dinosaurs

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by extraterrestrial
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... do not increase mutation rates in the children (by the same principles as with cancer). In any case, like you said, the average lifespan of our ancestors was typically so short that the issue of increased cancer, diabetes or heart disease risk caused by red meat in the diet was likely to be ...

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Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:05 am
 
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