5 sentences with 'descendant'
Example sentences and phrases with the word descendant and other words derived from it.
• « However, experts agree that the pizzas that today are made by the millions all over the world are a direct descendant of a food that bakers began to prepare for the poor about 200 years ago, in what was then one of the most populous cities in Europe: Naples. »
• « A notable descendant of Australopithecus was Homo erectus, named after the fact that it was the first hominin to walk upright. It also benefited from a brain three-quarters the size of the modern human equivalent. »
• « Today's horse, a descendant of the Eohippo, was imported to America by the Spaniards from Andalusia and, left to roam free, populated the vast American territory, becoming a cimarron, i.e. an animal without an owner. »
• « Opinions were divided, and some representatives seemed ready to proclaim a descendant of the Incas, the ancient rulers of Tahuantisuyo, as king. Fray Justo de Santa María de Oro, deputy for San Juan, managed to prevent this from happening. »