Synonyms for ancestors
an·ces·tors

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1. ancestorsnoun

   Synonyms:
   forefathers

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1. List of paraphrases for "ancestors":

   forefathers, forebears, ancestry, great-grandfathers, predecessors, progenitors, ascendants, forbears, ancestries, fathers, grandfathers

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1. Zenobia Jacobs:

   So, the Denisovan ancestry in living Australian Aboriginal and New Guinean people could, therefore, be the result of direct interbreeding between their ancestors and Denisovans, but we do not know where this interaction took place.

2. Daniel J. Boorstin:

   As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves.

3. Steve Mercer:

   People who submit DNA for ancestors testing are unwittingly becoming genetic informants on their innocent family.

4. Zhang Hanwen:

   We didn't foresee this result, conservatively, our data refutes some recent claims regarding the role of archaic humans in wiping out prehistoric elephants, ever since big game hunting became a crucial part of our ancestors' subsistence strategy around 1.5 million years ago.

5. Richard Stuart:

   We've got a lot left to do, i would be mad as hell if my ancestors' graves were desecrated in this way... I'm mad as hell that many of these families had to endure this... But I have been so taken by the grace that these families have shown. It's incredibly humbling that so many people have come together to do this... so that these families can mourn their loved ones.