By the end of the 19th century, the immediate ancestor of modern fencing had developed with its familiar pedagogy and collection of techniques and theory.

For example, your immediate ancestor in the tree only puts half of his new recruits in your downline, on average.

This possible identification of the immediate ancestor of the living taxon may also rely on stratigraphic information to establish the age of the specimens.

Among the main beneficiaries were archosaurs, the immediate ancestors of dinosaurs, which came quickly to dominate the empty lands.

Opisthobranchs have undergone detorsion, an evolutionary reversal of the half revolution torsion of their immediate ancestors.