Sentences with 'ancestor'
Example sentences and phrases with the word ancestor and other words derived from it.
• « The Romans united their provinces with the Latin language, which is the ancestor of all the major languages spoken in southern Europe today (French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, etc.), Roman law, which is the ancestor of most of the forms of law still used in Europe today, and the Roman form of government. »
• « Humanity's first hominid ancestor was called Australopithecus: a biological species of African hominid that evolved about 3.9 million years ago. »
• « There has been much controversy surrounding the evolution of pandas. Some experts think they are descended from the raccoon. Others believe they share a common ancestor with the bear, but evolved independently. The latest studies of their dna place them among members of the bear family. »