"The authors make a compelling case that H. floresiensis could be descended from an early Homo erectus population, " she said.

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There are more than 200 of them in total, thought to be descended from horses set free by soldiers during WWI.

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And I think the people in the future, at least some of whom might be descended from that baby saved might also think so.

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No longer would you need to be a first-born male in a wealthy family, in many cases descended from nobility, it order to inherit property and financial security.

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The seventh of 13 children in a family that descended from German immigrants, born and raised in southern Brazil, Scherer could be the surprise of the conclave.

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One study even suggested that people whose mother and father were both descended from ancestors who survived the bubonic plague in the seventeenth century appeared to be immune to HIV.

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By this weekend, approximately 300 NFL prospects from across the United States will have descended upon Indianapolis, Indiana to willingly be poked, prodded, interrogated and run through a gauntlet of physical challenges in what is known as the NFL Scouting Combine.

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To go there, he will have to find French citizens who are descended from the expelled Acadians and are willing to stick one to the British, but that may not be too hard.

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