Reversion to ancestral traits (7)

I believe the answer is:

atavism

(Other definitions for atavism that I've seen before include "In reversion to primitivism" , "Reversion to ancestral type" , "Reappearance of the old" , "doing things the old way" , "return to past?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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