Dashed lines represent parts of lineages that are not represented by fossil records, and solid lines represent parts of lineages verified by actual specimens.
The third upper molar has evolved less rapidly than the first and second and in one of the modernlineages (tribe Geomyini) tends to retain at least a vestige of the primitive bicolumnar pattern in the final stage of wear.
Increase in size of body and skull is seen in most Pleistocene lineages of the Geomyini.
Zygogeomys, Geomys, Orthogeomys, and Pappogeomys are lineages resulting from a Pleistocene radiation in which all the lineagesdiverged from a common Pliocene ancestor.
From the established record, several clearly defined lineages can be distinguished; in fact the sequence of origin, pattern of evolution, and specializations, of the principal lineages are reasonably well expressed.
Both lineageslikely had an earlier history extending back to their divergence in the Oligocene.
The actual ancestral series of most lineages probably will remain unknown, but hopefully some of the existing gaps will be filled by future discoveries.
The basitemporal fossa developed in only one of the modern lineages (tribe Geomyini), the same lineage in which grooved incisors evolved.
Each of the four major lineages is characterized by one of the three patterns of grooving, and the particular groove-pattern is remarkably stable in each group.
Between those mountains the Jews of ten lineages be enclosed, that men clepe Goth and Magoth and they may not go out on no side.
And then, after the death of the emperor, the seven lineages assemble them together, and choose his eldest son, or the next after him of his blood.
The Immortal God hath sent me to thee, and it is his will, that thou go to the seven lineages and say to them that thou shalt be their emperor.
Some say the first of their lineages were turned into falcons, condors and other animals or birds" (Molina ed.
All the people of Cuzco came out according to their tribes and lineages .
Tiahuanaco] was there turned into stones, others say that the first of their lineages were turned into falcons, condors and other animals and birds.
The same division was subsequently carried out in all the towns, great or small, throughout the country, their inhabitants being constantly classed into upper and lower lineages or classes.
For thou must know, Sancho, that there are two kinds of lineages in the world.
Of plebeian lineages I have nothing to say, save that they merely serve to swell the number of those that live, without any eminence to entitle them to any fame or praise beyond this.
This Inca arranged the parties andlineages of Cuzco in the order that they now are.
The above five lineages are HANAN-CUZCO, which means the party of Upper Cuzco.
Seeing this Huascar publicly said that he divorced and separated himself from relationship with the lineages of the Hanan-cuzcos because they were for Atahualpa who was a traitor, not having come to Cuzco to do homage.
By them he had ten sons who formed two lineages of five each, and increasing in numbers they called one Hanansaya which is the same as to say the upper party, and the other Hurinsaya, or the lower party.
Each of these four lineages went into battle as a separate group with its special uniform and flag and its own leader.
After, he commanded the principals of the seven lineages to leave and forsake all they had in goods and heritage, and from thenceforth to be satisfied with what he would give them of his grace.
The four lineages probably met for special objects, but this was very different from a general assembly for public objects.
Among the Delawares there are twelve embryo gentes in each tribe, but they seem to be lineages within the gentes and had not taken gentile names.
It is not unlikely that the four high chiefs of the Aztecs, mentioned as electors by a number of authors, were in fact the war-chiefs of the four divisions of the Aztecs, like the four war-chiefs of the four lineages of the Tlascalans.
Roman families, belonging to the historical gentes, placed the highest value upon their lineages both under the republic and the empire.
It is undeniable that these lineages are to some extent fictitious.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lineages" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
