Its direct ancestor was the Indian Crocuta sivalensis, which lived during the Villafranchian.

Its relationship to other falcons is not clear ; the issue is complicated by widespread hybridization confounding mtDNA sequence analyses ; for example a genetic lineage of the Saker Falcon ( F. cherrug ) is known which originated from a male Saker producing fertile young with a female Peregrine ancestor, and the descendants further breeding with Sakers.

Its historical lineage begins in the earliest days of railroading with the chartering in 1848 of the Chicago and Aurora Railroad, a direct ancestor line of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, which lends Burlington to the names of various merger-produced successors.

Its ancestor agencies include not only the prior Orange County Transit District but also such diverse entities as the Pacific Electric Railway and the South Coast Transit Corporation.

Its earliest ancestor was the Democratic Republican Party under the rule of Park Chung-hee in 1963.

Its DNA combines the genetic composition of all existing Pokémon species ; the game states that scientists within the game view it as being the single ancestor of all other Pokémon.

Its name literally means " ancestor of the hill ".

Its direct ancestor was Mustela praenivalis, which lived in Europe during the Middle Pleistocene and Villafranchian.

Its ancestor was L ' Auto, a general sports paper, whose name reflected not any narrow interest but the excitement of the time in car racing.

Its design, featuring a fibreglass composite body over a rigid steel backbone chassis, was true to Lotus founder Colin Chapman's original philosophy of achieving performance through low weight, and the name " Elan " connected the car with its 1960s ancestor, the original Lotus Elan.

Its earliest known ancestor is the knight Eilardus ( 1241 †).

Its few claims to importance are that it profoundly affected Lady Shrapnell's ancestor Tossie Mering, and that it was known to be in the Cathedral when it was destroyed.

Its morphological closeness to the Kagu may be the result of convergent evolution, although New Zealand's proximity to New Caledonia and shared biological affinities ( the two islands are part of the same microcontinent ) has led some researchers to suggest they share a common ancestor from Gondwana.

) Its ancestor, The Racquet Court Club, opened in 1876 at 55 West 26th Street with only a racquets court.

Its other ancestor was the Fender Jazzmaster, with which it shared many styling and technical details.

Its brain has been shown to contain a claustrum similar to that of placental mammals, so linking this structure to their common ancestor.

Its closest relatives are the Cuban Iguana ( Cyclura nubila ) and the Northern Bahamian Rock Iguana ( Cyclura cychlura ), the three species having diverged from a common ancestor some three million years ago.

Its name means " before Palaeotherium ", as it is the ancestor of Palaeotherium, another relative of early horses.

Its oldest known ancestor is Erik Markusson, dead 1654, who was a farmer in Biskops, Stortötar, Lohja, Uusimaa.

Its direct, but remote, ancestor was the monastic lavabo, ranges of basins of stone, lead or marble fed from a cistern.

Its ancestor Večernji vjesnik (" Evening Courier ") appeared for the first time on June 3, 1957 in Zagreb on 24 pages but quickly merged with Narodni list (" People's Paper ") to form what is today known as Večernji list.

Its wild ancestor is the tropical grass Echinochloa colona, but the exact date or region of domestication is uncertain.

Its most likely ancestor is Martes vetus, which also gave rise to the pine marten.

Its projects required continual human intervention for the purpose of managing and interpreting the output, but it is considered the ancestor of modern distributed computing applications including SETI @ home, The Globus Project, ClimatePrediction. net, and Grub.

Its size is determined by its function as a glycogen and fat storage unit, and may change with the seasons as these reserves are built or used up.

Its weight also makes it relatively easy to move and carry, however its shape is generally not very compact and it may be difficult to stow unless a collapsing model is used.

Its coastal acquisition may have been one reason yellow amber came to be designated by the same term as ambergris.

Its mission may be to support the development, testing, and training phases for new aircraft weapons systems or research projects.

Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones ; food material after all the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin ; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract ; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts.

Its name implies associations dating back to the time of Columba and, although undocumented before the 12th century, it may have served the monks of the Columban family as an ' Iona of the east ' from early times.

Its mass is hard to exactly determine, but may be slightly larger than that of the Sun ( 1. 1 < sub >- 0. 4 </ sub >< sup >+ 0. 6 </ sup > solar mass ).

Its oldest layer, called the Yahwist, may date from the time of Solomon, although many scholars now believe that it should be dated considerably later.

Its lifespan in captivity is around two to three years, although in ideal conditions, this may be extended to five years.

Its main use is in fashion, as opposed to " real " ( fine ) jewelry which may be regarded primarily as collectibles, keepsakes, or investments.

Its origins are complex and may date to the Crusades, later being influenced by French gamblers.

Its consequences may have led to the social isolation which made his life's later years so tragic.

Its imperfections, even within the limited field it covers, may be judged by the aid of Eberhard Nestle's appendix to the 6th issue ( 1880 ).

Its central importance to many biochemical pathways suggests that it was one of the earliest established components of cellular metabolism and may have originated abiogenically.

Its name may be attributed to its frequent role as the first real test in the Elements of the intelligence of the reader and as a bridge to the harder propositions that followed.

Its format is like that of modern travel dictionaries ; i. e., it may have been used by German speakers to communicate with Old Prussians, but the specific circumstances are only speculative.

Its bones have been found as far south as Florida, where it may have occurred during four isolated time periods: around 1000 BC, 1000 AD, the 15th century, and the 17th century.

Its original name Honovere may mean " high ( river ) bank ", though this is debated ( cf.

" In 1844, his The Ego and Its Own ( Der Einzige and sein Eigentum which may literally be translated as The Unique Individual and His Property ) was published, which is considered to be " a founding text in the tradition of individualist anarchism.

Its 2, 138 pages prompted Playfair to remark that “ The great size of the book, and the obscurity which may justly be objected to many parts of it, have probably prevented it from being received as it deserves .”

Its use was geographically widespread but mail may have been more common at all times.

Its possible that during his younger years, Maroboduus may have served as a prefect of auxiliaries in the Roman Army.

Its earliest organised inhabitants may have had Celtic origins.

Its culinary profiles may seem synonymous with " American food.