Instead of humans and Neanderthals becoming distinct offshoots sometime between 270,000 and 380,000 years ago, for example, the slower rate would put that shift much further back in time, between 550,000 and 770,000 years ago.
The Celestial Masters later reemerged in the 4th and 5th centuries as two distinct offshoots, the Northern and Southern Celestial Masters.
But there had been lingering ambiguity as to whether it was part of an adjacent ligament — almost like a freeway offshoot — or a distinct ligament with a specific role in stabilizing the knee.
It is usually interpreted as a separate offshoot of the lambeosaurines, distinct from the helmet-crested Corythosaurus, Hypacrosaurus, and Lambeosaurus.
These he judged to be the true offshoots of Old Norwegian, as distinct from the Danish-influenced written language of Norway.
He moved across to the BJP, an ideological offshoot of the RSS though organisationally distinct, and worked his way up the ranks of the political party.
Their architectural style, an offshoot of the Western Chalukya style, shows distinct Dravidian influences.
Later analysis of its DNA suggests that, with its closest relative the Daurian jackdaw, it is an early offshoot from the genus Corvus, and possibly distinct enough to warrant reclassification in a separate genus, Coloeus.
This rhyme is sung to the same tune and may be an offshoot of "London Bridge" or the remnant of a distinct game.
The life span of the date palm is divided into two distinct developmental phases: vegetative, in which buds forming in the leaf axils develop into offshoots; and generative, in which buds form inflorescences and offshoots cease.
