concestor

English

Etymology

Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 2004 in his book The Ancestor's Tale.

Noun

concestor (plural concestors)

1. (biology, uncommon) The last common ancestor, especially of several different species.

   Synonym: cenancestor

See also

• last universal common ancestor

References

• Dawkins, Richard (2004) The Ancestor's Tale p.7 "In a backward chronology, the ancestors of any set of species must eventually meet at a particular geologic moment... the last common ancestor that they all share, what I shall call their "Concestor""

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