ancestor

ancestor

CEFR: B1-B2 /an-ces-tor/ [ae1.n.s.eh2.s.t.er0]

Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.

Example Sentences:
Radiocarbon dating, the analysis of ancient DNA in bones and teeth are used to help build up a picture of our ancestors. It determines the age of ancient objects by means of measuring the amount of carbon-14 there is left in an object. This is now the most widely used method of age estimation in the field.
Mesolithic Britain was thought to have been inhabited by hunter-gatherers, however, the recent excavation of a dwelling in Northumbria reveals our Stone Age ancestors to have been indigenous and elaborate house builders.