Common-ancestor Definition

noun

An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common.

The monarchs of Spain and the UK have a common ancestor namely Queen Victoria.
The chimpanzee and the gorilla have a common ancestor.
The theory of evolution states that all life on earth has a common ancestor.
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Other Word Forms of Common-ancestor

Noun

Singular:
common-ancestor
Plural:
common ancestors

Common-ancestor Sentence Examples

  • Such a comparison is necessarily illogical, as the existing apes are separated from the common ancestor by at least as large a number of generations as separate it from any of the forms of existing man.

  • An extended family tree takes in all known descendants from a common ancestor.

  • The victor of Flodden is the common ancestor of all living Howards that can show a descent from the main stock.

  • His homologous structures are now spoken of as " homogenetic " structures, the idea of community of representation in an archetype giving place to community of derivation from a single representative structure present in a common ancestor.

  • John, duke of Saxe-Weimar, who died in 1605, is regarded as the common ancestor of the present Ernestine lines.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

RORTOR

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Words Starting With C and Ending With R

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