She belonged to a species called Australopithecus afarensis, which is believed to be ancestral to modern man.
But scientists behind the latest study argue that the people who made tools at Jebel Faya 125, 000 years ago are ancestral to humans living outside Africa today.
Speaking of which, I could point out that, should the Sulzbergers wish to sell their prized ancestral heirloom to a Republican billionaire, they would certainly turn first to either Michael Bloomberg or Rupert Murdoch, each of whom has considerably more money, a long record of successful media ownership and more palatable political views.
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British Colombia's Lax Kw'alaams First Nation are in trouble with greens for exporting their ancestral woods to China in log form.
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Venezuelan authorities are investigating the killing of indigenous leader, Sabino Romero, a well-known campaigner for the return of ancestral land to the Yukpa tribe.
Ageing Germans are no more likely to return to their ancestral homes in Poland than Poles are to Ukraine.
So when I arrived in Ireland for a vacation to my ancestral homeland earlier this month, I was elated to find that the contest would be televised on the last night of my stay.
In a happy coincidence the descendants of these Kgatlane people are now being allowed to reclaim and return to their ancestral lands on the Vaal after their removal under apartheid to the "homeland" of Boputhatswana in 1978.
Throughout the year, craftspeople carry sets of wooden characters and printing equipment to ancestral halls in local communities.
Then at some stage an ancestral species migrated to Australia and gave rise to the various families found there now.
In the 1970s he invited some of the first backpackers passing through Bali to stay in his family's simple one-room ancestral home, and to learn of the island's unique traditions.
Left with almost nothing, the family quietly makes plans to sell the ancestral home, lay off staff and move to a smaller property until they are saved at the last minute by yet another inheritance.
Later, Farooq returns to his ancestral home on Gupkar Road where many dignitaries live.
During Kromanti ceremonies, dances, songs and specific drumming styles are performed to invoke ancestral spirits.
His dream now is to go to his ancestral home in Kaparwaj, in the western state of Gujarat.
Descendants of the Ancestral Pueblo People return to Chimney Rock to visit their ancestors and for other spiritual and traditional purposes.
Around this time, Nasir travelled to his ancestral village, Deh Afghanan, about twenty-five miles west of Kabul, for his wedding day.
For example, some religious rituals and ceremonies demand privacy or even some ancestral traditions are closed to outsiders of the community.
Tier-one cities suffered the sharpest decline as many residents left their cities for vacations or to return to their ancestral homes during the holidays.
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Before you book a flight to your ancestral holiday destination, it is worth researching your roots on sites like Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org or Genes Reunited.
And the Latin American piece of the story has now seen a historical flip: Argentines in bitter economic times have begun to return to their ancestral origins.
The first provides an introduction to Scottish ancestral research.
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Unlike archaeological radiocarbon dating based on the fixed rate of decay of the carbon-14 isotope, there is simply no fixed rate of decay of basic vocabulary, which would allow us to date ancestral proto-languages.
His ancestral house - once home to 11 brothers, a sister and his parents - is currently being used as timber storage.
Johnny Ola Munisakro (ph), wearing a big green mask and yellow suit, says he's attending the inauguration to perform an ancestral dance in celebration.
Dodson, the historian, said many people, especially retirees, made decisions to return out of a desire to connect with ancestral homes, churches and communities.
Meanwhile, both the Chipewyan and the Cree consider many of the tracts that the Alberta government has leased to oil companies to be their ancestral lands.
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were being driven to the Marine One helicopter in order to fly to visit his ancestral home in County Offaly.
And for a worst-case scenario, there was Britain's abrupt withdrawal from the Indian subcontinent in 1947, which forced millions to flee their ancestral homes, with roughly 1m dying in the attempt.
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They feel a sense of connection with their ancestral homeland and use their visit to gather information and impressions to add to their personal knowledge and understanding.
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