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aboriginally

American  
[ab-er-i-juhn-uh-lee] / ˌæb ərˈɪ dʒən ə li /

adverb

  1. in or since the earliest time; originally.

  2. often Aboriginally, in a way that relates to Aboriginal or other Indigenous peoples, especially of Australia.


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Many of these points are of so unimportant or of so singular a nature, that it is extremely improbable that they should have been independently acquired by aboriginally distinct species or races.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles

In some cases the intercrossing of aboriginally distinct species appears to have played an important part in the origin of our breeds.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

That many breeds produced by man have to a large extent the character of natural species is shown by the inextricable doubts whether many of them are varieties or aboriginally distinct species.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

I should here say that natural selection picks out this breed, and would tend to improve it, or aboriginally to have formed it...

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

On the basis of all these facts the author believes that the Tachi aboriginally possessed one village with at least 1,600 inhabitants and that Cabot's figure for this village was reasonably accurate.

From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.

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