early ancestor

collocation in English

meaningsofearlyandancestor

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early
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈɜː.li/us
/ˈɝː.li/
near the beginning of a period of time, or before the usual, expected, or ...
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ancestor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæn.ses.tər/us
/ˈæn.ses.tɚ/
a person related to you who lived a long ...
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(Definition ofearlyandancestorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He also invented the "transparent", anearlyancestorof the magic lantern and motion picture, for viewing moving bands of landscape paintings.
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Dart realised that the fossil contained a number of humanoid features, and so came to the conclusion that this was anearlyancestorof humans.
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Ancient genome duplications are also found in theearlyancestorof vertebrates (which includes the human lineage) and another near the origin of the bony fishes.
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Biochemical clues hint that our early ancestors might have lived in hightemperature environments, including hot springs.
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The above claims about the cognitive powers of our early ancestors both support, and are in turn supported by, the evidence of modular organization in the minds of contemporary humans.
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It is likely that early ancestors of humans lived in groups of similar size.
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Following literary convention, he claims that his early ancestors were of a ruling house that adopted the name of their dynasty as a family name.
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Typically, this means that the early ancestors of planets may be forming from the disk, though the star only ignited about 1 million years ago.
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The neocortex increased in size in response to pressures for greater cooperation and competition in early ancestors.
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It has been said that many characteristics of modern primates, including humans, derive from an early ancestor's practice of taking most of its food from the tropical canopy.
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