| According to Lamarck, evolution occurs because organisms can inherit traits which have been acquired by their ancestors. |
| I have never entertained a sentimental attachment to the poverty or hardships my ancestors endured. |
| Legend has it that his ancestors used to make these signs for fun and merriment around the nomadic village. |
| Now in our day new and more recent authors have appeared, who write on mensurable music with little reverence for their ancestors. |
| The group is bound together and linked with three generations of ancestors through a ceremony called Shraddha. |
| Incurable diseases are being treated and cured by unauthorised self-styled doctors who have learned from their ancestors. |
