concestor

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 2004 in his book The Ancestor's Tale.

Noun[edit]

concestor (plural concestors)

  1. (biology, uncommon) The last common ancestor, especially of several different species.
    Synonym: cenancestor

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Dawkins, Richard (2004) The Ancestor's Tale p.7 "In a backward chronology, the ancestors of any set of species must eventually meet at a particular geologic moment... the last common ancestor that they all share, what I shall call their "Concestor""

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