Uncle 'Civ's Nitpicking Corner, Ep. 947
..one of modern humans' direct ancestors...
Sigh... the first person who used that very unique phrase wrote it on writing paper with an ink pen, oh, and I think he had sugar diabetes.
There's no such thing as an indirect ancestor. The term 'direct ancestor' is often seen among genealogists, who apparently regard their distanct cousins as 'indirect ancestors'. I used to work with a woman who said Abraham Lincoln was her ancestor -- he's not, he has no living descendants. At least she didn't say 'direct ancestor'.
Some people like to add an “ancestor” to impress people. In today’s genealogical “circles,” those “ancestors” are soon found to be non-existent.
If it ain’t there, I ain’t gonna add it!!!
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