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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ATAVISM (from
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Lat. atavus, a
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great-great-great-grandfather or ancestor) , the
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term given in
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biology to the
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reproduction in a living
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person or
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animal of the characteristics of an ancestor more remote than its parents '(see
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HEREDITY).' . _ Loosely used, it
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con-notes a reversion to an earlier type .

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