ancestor
US /ˈænˌsɛstɚ/
・UK /'ænsestə(r)/
B1 中級英檢中級
n.名詞祖先；先祖
This ape is said to be an ancestor of the human race
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玉米竟然不是食物？！（Corn Shouldn't Be Food, But It Is）
07:05
- And that battle raged for nearly half a century, until additional genetic evidence showed, once and for all, that Teosinte alone was the ancestor of modern corn.
這場鬥爭持續了近半個世紀，直到更多遺傳學證據一次性地表明，Teosinte 是現代玉米的祖先。
- showed once and for all that teosinte alone was the ancestor of modern corn.
一勞永逸地表明，只有teosinte是現代玉米的祖先。
地球史上六次大滅絕！下一次末日將在何時到來？(The 6 Craziest Extinctions Ever)
04:27
- The world was now primed for a small, scuffling, rat-like creature, the ancestor of all modern mammals.
世界這時由用腳走路、像老鼠一樣的小型生物所主宰，而這些生物是現代哺乳類動物的祖先
恐龍變鳥、猴子變人：什麼是演化？(What is Evolution?)
08:53
- A massive amount of observable evidence from many different fields such as genetics, chemistry, paleontology, and mathematics, overwhelmingly suggest that just like all dogs share common ancestor, all living things, me, you, puffer fish, banana trees, if you go back far enough, also share a common ancestor.
來自遺傳學、化學、古生物學及數學的大量證據壓倒性地指出：所有的生物，你、我、河豚、香蕉樹，皆源自同一位古老祖先。
我們在宇宙中是孤單的嗎？ (Are You Alone? (In The Universe))
06:44
- And your DNA is a direct connection to your very first ancestor.
而你的DNA是你與最原始祖先的直接連結。
睡覺好像很重要？不過我們到底為什麼要睡覺！ (Why Do We Have To Sleep?)
08:22
- Sleep might have evolved 700 million years ago, the last time we shared a common ancestor
睡覺這檔事已經演化了七億年之久，可以追溯到我們最早的共同祖先，
一種新的機器人模仿脊椎動物的運動。 (A new robot mimics vertebrate motion)
01:52
- so the ancestor of vertebrates like us, mammals.
所以它是脊椎動物的始祖，例如我們哺乳類
為何動物吃自己的便便? (Why Do Animals Eat Their Own Poop?)
03:43
- Interestingly, both rodents and lagomorphs share a common ancestor,
有意思的是，嚙齒動物和兔類動物有著共同的祖先，