cognates

A Dictionary of Law;      8 words ...cognates pl. n. Persons descended from a common ancestor.

Yale professor finds most common ancestor 3,000 years ago

New Haven Register;  November 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......include both men and women, so our common ancestor was probably more recent, Chang reasoned...estimate the date of our most recent common ancestor. What is the typical time to the latest...world of 1 million, the most recent common ancestor would be a mere 20 generations in...

Scientists find possible missing link in Spain Fossil might lead to all...

International Herald Tribune;  November 20, 2004 ;     580 words ......they think may have been the last common ancestor of all living great apes, including...appeared to be too primitive to be the common ancestor.Moya-Sola's team said the overall...that the species was either the last common ancestor of great apes and humans, or close...

The search for LUCA

Natural History;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Did the Last Universal Common Ancestor look like a bacterium-or like...beetles, or bacteriashare a common ancestor that lived about 4 billion...existence of this Last Universal Common Ancestor-or LUCA-from the many features...

Notice 2005-91

United States. Internal Revenue Bulletin;  December 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ......in 1361(c)(1)(B) to include (i) the common ancestor, (ii) the Lineal descendants of the common ancestor, and (iii) the spouses (or former spouses) of the lineal descendants or of the common ancestor. The common ancestor may not be more...

MIT TEAM FINDS COMMON ANCESTOR IN 3,500 BC

United Press International;  September 29, 2004 ;     209 words ......International 09-29-2004 MIT team finds common ancestor in 3,500 BC BOSTON, Sep 29, 2004...scientist has concluded the most recent common ancestor of all humanity lived 3,500 years...and place at which our most recent common ancestor lived. That time is about 1,500 BC...

The power of two: charting evolution.

The Economist (US);  July 11, 1992 ;     700+ words ......they were copied - their most recent common ancestor. Texts with fewer errors are closer...that is, how recently they had a common ancestor. But which to look at? Traditionally...another - suggesting that one pair's common ancestor lived in one place, and the other...

Conall Corc

The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature;      23 words ...Conall Corc, common ancestor of the main branches of the Eoganacht , according to the genealogies , and hero of some of their early origin legends.

Experts find rare jawbone fossil of pre-human great ape

Xinhua News Agency;  November 13, 2007 ;     192 words ......new species very close to the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans...researchers have proposed that the last common ancestor might have left Africa for Europe...formerly thought the closest to a common ancestor, Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, from...

clan

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      83 words ......Highlands, composed of several families claiming descent from a common ancestor, bearing the same family name, and following the same chieftain...exogamous, of matrilineal or patrilineal descent from a common ancestor 3. a group of people with interests in common; clique; set...

African fossil may be clue to `missing link'

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 12, 1992 ;     520 words ......close relative of the long-sought common ancestor of today's humans and apes. No expert...other candidates for the honor of "common ancestor." The East African specimens are called...conceivable that this could be the common ancestor, but right now there's zero evidence...

Jaw May Be Clue to Evolutionary Split; Namibian Fossil's Relationship to...

The Washington Post;  March 12, 1992 ;     533 words ......close relative of the long-sought common ancestor of today's humans and today's apes...other candidates for the honor of "common ancestor." The East African specimens are called...conceivable that this could be the common ancestor, but right now there's zero evidence...

Common ancestor or just a monkey's uncle?

Redlands Daily Facts;  February 28, 2007 ;     493 words ......the theory that her species was our common ancestor. However, with the discovery of a...scientists continue their quest for a common ancestor, is that both Lucy and Ken had the...why are they still looking for a "common ancestor?" If Lucy was hanging out in the trees...

Listeners Comment On `Brotherhood of Men'

Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR);  December 2, 1995 ;     453 words ......essay on the scientific discovery of a common ancestor for all human males stirred up a great...listenerpoints out that all humans have a common ancestor, not just men. SCOTT SIMON, Host...week on the discovery of an apparent common ancestor for all the world's men. Donald E...

"Most recent common ancestor" of all living humans surprisingly recent.

M2 Presswire;  September 30, 2004 ;     468 words ......2004-YALE UNIVERSITY: Most recent common ancestor of all living humans surprisingly...simplified assumptions, the most recent common ancestor would have lived less than 1,000 years...models estimate that the most recent common ancestor of mankind lived as recently as about...