throwback

//ˈθroʊˌbæk//
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Noun

throwbackSingular
throwbacksPlural
1

A person or thing that is similar to or reminiscent of something from the past.

This café is a throwback to the 1950s.

2

A reversion to an earlier ancestral type or characteristic.

The scientist explained that the unusual trait was a throwback to an ancient ancestor.