Synonyms for ancestors
an·ces·tors

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1. ancestorsnoun

   Synonyms:
   forefathers

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1. List of paraphrases for "ancestors":

   forefathers, forebears, ancestry, great-grandfathers, predecessors, progenitors, ascendants, forbears, ancestries, fathers, grandfathers

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1. Tanya Smith:

   This study reports a major breakthrough in the reconstruction of ancient climates, a significant factor in human evolution, as temperature and precipitation cycles influenced the landscapes and food resources our ancestors relied on.

2. John Ciardi:

   Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

3. Victor Rodriguez:

   To the world, Marcos Jr says : Judge me not by my ancestors, but by my actions.

4. Alexander Pryor:

   We found pieces of soft plant tissue typically found in edible roots or tubers, hinting at a plant food component in peoples' diet, these finds are important because they illustrate how our human ancestors adapted to survive the harsh environments of the last Ice Age by making use of the resources they found around them.

5. Ian Miller:

   Were it not for the asteroid, humans would never have evolved, one message I would like people to take from this is that their earliest ancestors - and by ancestors we're talking fuzzy little squirrel-like critters - had their origins in the wake of the extinction of the dinosaurs.