Lineage
Lineage
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The term <b>lineage</b> can refer to several things. In many cases its <a href="Synonym">Synonym</a> is <b>ancestry</b>.<ul><li> <b><a href="Kinship and descent">Kinship and descent</a></b>, a concept of <a href="Cultural anthropology">Cultural anthropology</a> used to track <a href="Kinship">Kinship</a> and <a href="Descent">Descent</a>. <li> <b><a href="Lineage (evolution)">Lineage (evolution)</a></b>, a group composed of <a href="Species">Species</a>, <a href="Taxon">taxa</a>, or individuals that are related by descent from a common ancestor, also called a <a href="Clade">Clade</a>. <li> <b><a href="Lineage (Buddhism)"> Lineage</a></b>, a line of transmission of <a href="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> teachers, particularly in <a href="Zen">Zen</a>. <li> <b><a href="Lineage (computer game)">Lineage</a></b> and <a href="Lineage II">Lineage II</a>, <a href="MMORPG">massively multiplayer online role-playing games</a> developed by <a href="NC Soft">NCsoft</a>. </ul>