Radha established an independent and primarily female, Western lineage as part of the Saraswati Order.

In the field of linguistics, polygenesis is the view that human languages evolved as several lineages independent of one another.

At least 33-38 independent lineages of gastropods have successfully colonized freshwater environments.

From six to eight of these independent lineages occur in North America.

Stenothyridae invaded freshwater habitats from marine ones in at least one independent lineage.

Pomatiopsidae invaded freshwater habitats from marine ones in one or in two independent lineages.

They also invaded terrestrial habitats from freshwater habitats in two independent lineages.

Ichthyornis is close to the ancestry of modern birds, the Neornithes, but represents an independent lineage.

Given the various theories on the derivation of the name, it is possible that there were other, independent lineages with the same surname.

The presence of a nikteil na at Blue Creek is strong evidence that the community was ruled by an independent, local royal lineage.