genealogy, the most recent common ancestor (MRCA), also known as the last common ancestor (LCA), of a set of organisms is the most recent individual from...

The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the hypothesized common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life, the Bacteria, the Archaea, and...

population. The more recent the ancestral population two species have in common, the more closely are they related. The most recent common ancestor of all currently...

Y-chromosomal most recent common ancestor (Y-MRCA, informally known as Y-chromosomal Adam) is the patrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) from whom...

The chimpanzee–human last common ancestor (CHLCA) is the last common ancestor shared by the extant Homo (human) and Pan (chimpanzee and bonobo) genera...

eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) is the hypothetical last common ancestor of all living eukaryotes, around 2 billion years ago, and was most likely a biological...

genealogy, the identical ancestors point (IAP), or all common ancestors (ACA) point, or genetic isopoint, is the most recent point in a given population's...

Genetic genealogy Kinship Lineage (anthropology) Lineal descendant Most recent common ancestor Progenitor "Thesaurus results for FOREFATHER". Merriam-Webster...

contains its own most recent common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population), i.e. excludes non-descendants of that common ancestor the grouping...

genetics), a human Y-chromosomal Adam has been named as the most recent common ancestor from whom all currently living people are descended patrilinearly...