Ancestral and Evolved

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Ancestral adjective - Of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor.

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Evolved and ancestral are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Evolved" instead an adjective "Ancestral".

Nearby Words: ancestry, ancestor, ancestrally

Evolved adjective - Being far along in development.

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Ancestral and evolved are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestral" instead an adjective "Evolved".

Nearby Word: evolving

It later evolved into a story about characters having ancestral memories of Númenor.

Source: Literature / The History of Middle-earth aka: The Peoples Of Middle Earth
The ancestral High Ones in ElfQuest were as tall as humans, being shapeshifting extraterrestrials, but over the course of time many of their descendants evolved into shorter forms.

Source: Little People
Despite its location in the middle of the desert, Riyadh evolved from a trade post by way of being the ancestral home of the kingdom's ruling family.

Source: Major World Cities

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