atavism - Dictionary definition and meaning for word 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