They were resting on Gahnia species, although it seems it does not have any closer affinities to that plant.

Fossilized radulas from orthocerids also suggest a closer affinity with modern coleoids than with Nautilus.

The Irish-Northern Irish also have a closer affinity to their celtic cousins in Scotland than with we English.

The characteristics of the golden jackal's skull and genetic composition indicate a closer affinity to the wolf and coyote than to the black-backed and side-striped jackals.

In this respect, Hindu law reveals closer affinities to other religious legal systems, such as Jewish law.

However, the speech of some tribes shows much closer affinity to other bedouin dialects, particularly those of neighboring Nejd, than to those of the Hejazi cities.

Evidence based on the fossil record, serology, karyology, behavior, anatomy, and reproduction reflect closer affinities with Procyonidae than Ursidae.

In fact, it has been suggested that the style of the building has closer affinities with El Tajin and Xochicalco than with Teotihuacan itself.

Brazil has been attracting attention due to the closer timezone to the US eastern cost, besides closer cultural affinity.

A closer affinity with the extinct thylacine, contained in the same order, has been proposed.