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    atavism

    atavism - Dictionary definition and meaning for word atavism

    Definition
    (noun) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
    Synonyms : reversion , throwback
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for atavism

by ATAVISM you should remember AVATAR, i.e. you are an avatar(incarnation) of one of your ancestors...

if u r eating ata instead of chapaties like early ancestors did..its atavism

a(again)+ta(that-earlier)+vism(vision)

at(distant,remote)+vis(look/resemblance)

Again TA(the) ancestors are VISible

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