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A framed family tree hung on the wall.
his family tree includes writers, musical composers, and other notables in the arts
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Image On Friday, Ms. Beeman and other researchers and genealogists continued digging, hoping to identify even more of the pope’s family tree in Louisiana and beyond.
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Rick Rojas, New York Times, 10 May 2025
The team reconstructed the crocodilian family tree and placed Deinosuchus on a lineage that split off before the last common ancestor of modern alligators and crocodiles.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
However, a new analysis of fossils, along with DNA from living crocodilians such as alligators and crocodiles, suggests Deinosuchus belongs on a different part of the crocodilian family tree.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
The family tree itself is still being pieced together, with genera like Madtsoia, Wonambi, and Sanajeh adding to a tangled, global puzzle.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Rick Rojas, New York Times, 10 May 2025
The team reconstructed the crocodilian family tree and placed Deinosuchus on a lineage that split off before the last common ancestor of modern alligators and crocodiles.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
However, a new analysis of fossils, along with DNA from living crocodilians such as alligators and crocodiles, suggests Deinosuchus belongs on a different part of the crocodilian family tree.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
The family tree itself is still being pieced together, with genera like Madtsoia, Wonambi, and Sanajeh adding to a tangled, global puzzle.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20tree. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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