The species was named antecessor meaning explorer in Latin. From LearnThat.org. [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/anthropology/v1007/2002projects/web/homo/homo.html]
This, then, is their horrid counsel and device -- that each one of their gods should kill his antecessor. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Taboo] Reference
The grantee stepped exactly into the place of the antecessor; he inherited all his rights and all his burthens. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
The former holder is marked by the perfectly colourless word "ancestor" ( "antecessor"), a word as yet meaning, not. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror]
He inherited therewith any disputes as to the extent of the lands of the antecessor or as to the nature of his tenure. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
But the grantee often took possession of the whole of the land held by the antecessor, as if it were all alike his own. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
The former holder is marked by the perfectly colourless word "ancestor" ( "antecessor"), a word as yet meaning, not "forefather," but "predecessor" of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
If the antecessor was himself the third life, the grantee, his heir, had no claim to the land; and in any case he could take in only with all its existing liabilities. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
His very grave is disputed -- a dispossessed antecessor claims the ground as his own, and the dead body of the Conqueror has to wait while its last resting-place is bought with money. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
If the taxon H. antecessor conditionally, it is not available according to the Inter - has validity, it is critical clearly to distinguish it from H. national Code of Zoological Nomenclature. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
And then, it’s just minute changes to go from antecessor to something fully, completely modern. From Wordnik.com. [Haldane's non-dilemma - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
On the other hand, Julian, antecessor of Constantinople, (A.D. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Shakespeare's "antecessor.". From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare's Family] Reference
On the other hand, Julian, antecessor of Constantinople, (A.D. 570,) cxx. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference
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