As aphoristically formulated by Woese, "This communal ancestor has a physical history but not a genealogical one" [ 40].
Subsequently, the notion of a "communal ancestor" has been developed into a specific scenario [ 16, 19] that derived from the comparative-genomic indications that the enzymes of membrane biogenesis and the core DNA replication machineries in archaea and bacteria were non-homologous [ 18, 42].
communal living; communalism". .
The members of a clan had a communal fire and invoked common ancestor spirits in their prayers.
In just two generations my New England Puritan ancestors morphed from communal religious fanatics into quintessential southern plantation owners.
Aspects of differential manipulation of the deceased at the regional level reinforce the idea that death and death management in Crete represent a multi-stage social mechanism utilized by the living communities to link the present with the ancestors (lineage) and the communal past.
As well as monuments to house and to honour their departed ancestors, these cromlechs may have been communal and ceremonial sites where, according to archaeologist Francis Pryor, people met "to socialise, to meet new partners, to acquire fresh livestock and to exchange ceremonial gifts".
In an essay for New York magazine on the renovated Whitney, Jerry Saltz pines for "the museum's Platonic ideal: a communal effort, conducted over centuries, to preserve, interpret, and commune with artistic ancestors, archetypes, traditions, genres, and methods".
In the spiritual tradition, all are encouraged to recognize and celebrate Akwasidae because it provides a communal means through which to maintain contact with the ancestors.
A new study suggests socializing and storytelling around a communal fire may have offered our hunting and gathering ancestors a unique time to expand their minds and imaginations in ways that were not possible during the hard work and harsh light of the daytime hours.
And some people in the highlands may shroud a cloth-wrapped body with new cloth, even a decade after an ancestor's death, before returning the remains to the communal tomb.
