Definitions for common ancestor
com·mon an·ces·tor

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1. common ancestornoun

   an ancestor that two or more descendants have in common

How to pronounce common ancestor?

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 common ancestor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of common ancestor in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of common ancestor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of common ancestor in a Sentence

1. Conrad Labandeira:

   That, in turn, suggests that the two groups of insects share a genetic program for eyespot production, the last common ancestor of these insects lived about 320 million years ago, deep in the Paleozoic. So we think this must be a developmental mechanism that goes all the way back to the origins of winged insects.

2. Darryl Granger:

   What our age shows is that this can not be true, because they are virtually the same age, there must be an older common ancestor. It also gives much more time for the South African species to evolve, and reopens discussion about the role of the South African species into later hominins such as Paranthropus.

3. Eugenia Gold:

   But nothing shows us what pterosaurs looked like before they adapted to fly, all the evidence shows us the pterosaurs are cousins of dinosaurs and that both share a common ancestor.

4. Mike Benton:

   All the evidence shows us the pterosaurs are cousins of dinosaurs and that both share a common ancestor.

5. Timothy Gibson:

   There is strong fossil evidence that red algae existed over a billion years ago, and we know the red and green algae diverged from a common ancestor, so, although this doesnt fundamentally change the way Ill think about theevolutionof life, the discovery of this green algal fossil helps fill an important gap and strengthens an emerging timeline for the evolution of early, complex life.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Common_Ancestor