Sentence examples for primitive ancestor from inspiring English sources
This non-linearity applies to currencies' values, too: the likelihood of a crash escalates as a currency becomes ever dearer.Sharpe thinkingThe fully evolved model performed well compared with its primitive ancestor.
Undoubtedly, many readers will consider the tree depicted in a to reflect a main line of evolutionary progress from a primitive ancestor to an "advanced" species like humans, with other groups such as cartilaginous or bony fishes appearing as side tracks off that line, despite the fact that roughly half of all vertebrate species are teleost fishes (and only 10% are mammals).
Paleoanthropologist Terry Harrison of New York University in New York City, who has been a lone voice suggesting that the last common ancestor was small, thinks that the Spanish team has made a "compelling" case that Pliobates represents a primitive ancestor of apes.
These data also suggest that the primitive ancestor of Chlorophyceae and Trebouxiophyceae classes lost APC7 gene during green algae evolution (see Additional file 11).
Sequence analyses showed that the GAIN domain is an ancient domain that exists in primitive ancestor organisms, and is conserved in all cell-adhesion GPCRs and all PKD1-related proteins.
While the advent of the ascidian amphioxus theory and challenges from various competitors have been documented, this article offers a richer account of the public appeal of amphioxus as a primitive ancestor.
Primitive ancestors of conifers, cone-bearing plants, were also present at this time.
The divergence occurred some 166 million years ago from primitive ancestors combining features of both mammals and reptiles.
Horses experienced a period of diversification; anatomical modifications in horses indicate an increase in cursoriality compared to more primitive ancestors.
Our primitive ancestors were smearing scarlet-hued berries on their mouths to capture the perfect red pout before they even discovered the loincloth.
Rather than primitive ancestors of existing animals, the fossils emerge as complex, well-developed beasts in their own right - and as ancestors of creatures that for some reason failed to exist.
