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This suggests that P. robustus may not have been a single uniform species, but a mix of populations with different ancestries.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2025

The features also reveal traces of Middle-East Eurasian and Austro-Asiactic ancestries, hinting at global migration and the mixing of ancient population groups.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

Harris’ own blended ethno-racial background of Jamaican and Indian ancestries was a consequence of her parents' freedom.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

Census making it easier in 2020 to identify multiple racial and ethnic ancestries, the percentage of multiracial Americans blossomed to 33.8 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

How he bought himself into that colonelship of Dragoons, invented that band uniform, scattered those broad pieces at play, kept that stable of English hunters, and boasted of those interminable ancestries in Burgundy!

From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)