Definitions for ancestors
an·ces·tors

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ancestors

   An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law, the person from whom an estate has been inherited."Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent. However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer. Some research suggests that the average person has twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors. This might have been due to the past prevalence of polygynous relations and female hypergamy.Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2n ancestors in the nth generation before her/him and a total of 2g+1 − 2 ancestors in the g generations before him/her. In practice, however, it is clear that most ancestors of humans (and any other species) are multiply related (see pedigree collapse). Consider n = 40: the human species is more than 40 generations old, yet the number 240, approximately 1012 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans who have ever lived. Some cultures confer reverence to ancestors, both living and dead; in contrast, some more youth-oriented cultural contexts display less veneration of elders. In other cultural contexts, some people seek providence from their deceased ancestors; this practice is sometimes known as ancestor worship or, more accurately, ancestor veneration.

FreebaseRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Ancestors

   Ancestors is a five-piece psychedelic/progressive rock/doom metal ensemble residing in Los Angeles.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ANCESTORS

   The originators of the Family Tree, a remarkable sex paradox in which the Ann sisters are always the four fathers.

Anagrams for ancestors »

1. sensactor

How to pronounce ancestors?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ancestors in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ancestors in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ancestors in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ancestors in a Sentence

1. Daniel Field:

   It may have taken on the order of 100 years for the' fern spike' to begin, and about 1,000 years for forest communities to rebound, once forests were back, the ancestors of today's modern tree-dwelling birds could -- and did -- move into the trees. By a couple of millions of years after the asteroid impact, we have direct evidence of arboreal fossil birds.

2. Julius Nielsen:

   Every year we see the glaciers, the landscape, the ice sheet melting and melting, what we know from our ancestors is almost gone and we cannot take it back. We have to find new tools.

3. Ali Abdou:

   I got infected by coronavirus, I took natural herbs and spices that our ancestors used. I was well again, we work very hard with our bodies and it gives us strong immunity, one of us dies only when his time has come. Those rare diseases only affect the rich and we are not among them.

4. Vanna Bonta:

   We are the ancestors of those gardening the universe.

5. Nikoloz Doborjginidze:

   If were going to live on Mars one day, Georgia needs to contribute, our ancestors brought wine to Earth, so we can do the same to Mars.

Popularity rank by frequency of use