aboriginally
Americanadverb
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in or since the earliest time; originally.
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often Aboriginally, in a way that relates to Aboriginal or other Indigenous peoples, especially of Australia.
Example Sentences
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On the whole, the writer feels that the evidence is insufficient to warrant placing the Luechas in the coast ranges as a group aboriginally native to that area.
From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
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 Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
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
On the view here given, it may be asked, Why have the species which were aboriginally twiners been converted in so many groups into leaf- climbers or tendril-bearers?
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles
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