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Recent Examples of antecessor
Like Homo antecessor, the Casablanca fossils have a mix of characteristics from Homo erectus, ourselves and our cousins.
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CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The team theorizes that the unknown species arrived in Western Europe before H. antecessor, but that the two species probably overlapped.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
But while Pink’s remains don’t match its more modern H. antecessor relatives, researchers stopped short of identifying them as belonging to the H. erectus family.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2025
Though, a protein analysis of the 800,000-year-old tooth enamel of a H. antecessor published last year lends his theory credence.
—Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
The physical features of H. antecessor have left anthropologists puzzling over its relationships with other early humans.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2020
CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The team theorizes that the unknown species arrived in Western Europe before H. antecessor, but that the two species probably overlapped.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
But while Pink’s remains don’t match its more modern H. antecessor relatives, researchers stopped short of identifying them as belonging to the H. erectus family.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2025
Though, a protein analysis of the 800,000-year-old tooth enamel of a H. antecessor published last year lends his theory credence.
—Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
The physical features of H. antecessor have left anthropologists puzzling over its relationships with other early humans.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antecessor
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Kennedy could have emphasized, like his predecessors, that peace was only possible through military might.—
Abigail R. Hall,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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The success of Mario Galaxy followed a similar trajectory to that of its predecessor, Super Mario Bros.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Mesa Verde continues to hold great cultural significance for the 27 pueblos and tribes whose ancestors once called the canyons, farms, cliffside and mesa dwellings home or who have other ties to the area.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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During the Early Devonian Period, life on land was still relatively new, and many of the ancestors of modern vertebrates had yet to emerge from the water.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
Noun
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In her account, Richmond indeed emerges as its progenitor—through his theorizing, his behind-the-scenes parliamentary and polemical maneuvering, and his patronage of Thomas Paine.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.—
Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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Her grandfather, Ub Iwerks, helped to design Mickey Mouse, and her father, Don Iwerks, spent 35 years as a camera technician at the company.—
Matthew Jacobs,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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While his grandfather and father made their living as defensive coaches, Ryan’s specialty has been offense, dating back to his time as a receiver on Clemson’s 2016 National Championship team.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
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Kelly was one of the most prominent Black fashion designers of the 1980s, and his peers included Willi Smith, known as a forefather of modern-day streetwear, and Dapper Dan, a beloved auteur of hip-hop haberdashery.—
Bianca Betancourt,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Our economic systems are not serving the people who live here, whose forefathers established this new republic, and our grandparents actualized the peak of its success.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Since then, Istanbul has seen only mayors from his AKP party and its forebears, the Welfare and Virtue parties.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
9 June 2026
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In 1786, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson visited the site to see where, almost a century and a half earlier, their forebears had fought to dethrone a king, showing the world that another system of government was possible.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
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After leaving Alabama, Avinger served a year in the U.S. Army, then signed for a season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, one of the forebearers of the Canadian Football League.—
Mark Inabinett | [email protected],
al,
17 Apr. 2023
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Like its classic-rock forebearer Desert Trip, the concert will bring two acts per night to Indio’s Empire Polo Club, on the weekend of Oct. 6-8.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2023
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“Antecessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antecessor. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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