What does ur-ancestor mean?
Ur-ancestor means An original ancestor; proto-ancestor..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
An original ancestor; proto-ancestor..
Often the ancestors were asked to intercede with the being who wielded the greatest power of all over the Shang people, the ur-ancestor known as the “Lord on High” (shangdi).
In both, the first awareness of other creatures by the ur-ancestor (and therefore the first true self-consciousness) arrives through a feeling of a crowd on the skin.
These two lineages converged somewhere in the late Paleozoic or early Triassic in a common “Ur-ancestor.”
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Ur-ancestor means An original ancestor; proto-ancestor..
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Often the ancestors were asked to intercede with the being who wielded the greatest power of all over the Shang people, the ur-ancestor known as the “Lord on High” (shangdi).
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