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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aboriginally

Is it not probable that guest-flies were aboriginally gall-makers, and bear the same relation to them which Apathus probably does to Bombus?

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

It appears clear that aboriginally there were two semipermanent sites and a number of temporary settlements.

From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Sherburne Friend Cook

Hence it might be argued that the females had aboriginally been furnished with well-developed spurs, but that these had subsequently been lost either through disuse or natural selection.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Charles Darwin

For reasons stated previously the author does not believe that the Tarquines occupied this spot aboriginally.

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

To believe that man was aboriginally civilised and then suffered utter degradation in so many regions, is to take a pitiably low view of human nature.

From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin