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Pronunciation: [kˈɒmən ˈansɛstɹi] (IPA)

Common ancestry refers to the shared genetic origins of two or more biological entities. Synonyms for this phrase include "shared pedigree," "common lineage," "connected genealogy," and "shared forebears." When describing a group of organisms that have a shared genetic lineage, terms such as "related species," "sibling taxa," and "clade members" may be used. Additionally, when discussing human genealogy and the concept of shared ancestry, terms such as "related by blood," "shared DNA," "ancestral kin," and "genetic relatives" may be used. Regardless of the specific term used, a discussion of common ancestry highlights the interconnectedness of life on Earth and the important role that genetic relationships play in species evolution and diversification.
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  • And, you know, the fact is, if you believe in evolution, we all have a common ancestor, and we all have a common ancestry with the plant in the lobby. This is what evolution tells us. And, it's true. It's kind of unbelievable.
    Jeff Hawkins
  • Unfortunately, all life on earth - the only life we know - represents, for all its current variety, the results of a , for every earthly species evolved from the common ancestry of a single origin. We desperately need a of the experiment (several would be better, but let's not be greedy!) in order to make a judgement. Mars represents our first real hope for a - the - for any proper answer for the question of questions.
    Stephen Jay Gould
  • We are inescapably the result of a long heritage of learning, adaptation, mutation and evolution, the product of a history which predates our birth as a biological species and stretches back over many thousand millennia... Going further back, we share a common ancestry with our fellow primates; and going still further back, we share a common ancestry with all other living creatures and plants down to the simplest microbe. The further back we go, the greater the difference from external appearances and behavior patterns which we observe today.
    Fred Hoyle

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