Derivation From An Ancestor Going Down Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 13, 2023

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	noun • a movement downward • properties attributable to your ancestry • the act of changing your location in a downward direction • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors • a downward slope or bend • the hereditary derivation of an individual
	31%	12		Shared a common ancestor with humans but is not a direct ancestor
	noun • fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene
	29%	8		Genetic derivation
	noun • the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next • the total of inherited attributes

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