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primate

[prahy-mayt, prahy-mit] / ˈpraɪ meɪt, ˈpraɪ mɪt /




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Five years ago today, Brandon Buchanan’s investment firm paid a record $3.4 million for a drawing of a primate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Socialization is the essence of the primate brain too.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

The team examined patterns of aggression across 100 primate species, including humans.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

But when the scientists behind the new study used fossil spore and pollen data from early primate fossil environs to predict the climate, they discovered that the locations were not tropical at the time.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

Very few people on earth had seen Ebola do its work on a primate, but she knew exactly what it could do.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Scientists believe that the common ancestor of modern primates already possessed a moderately sized brain with at least some folding.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

While AI can generate candidate molecules and assist in trial design, it cannot test drugs on non-human primates or accelerate the biological timeline required for human observation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

But here’s your daily reminder that humans are primates whose still-evolving brains are exponentially outpaced by technological advancement.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

That the orangutan's original habitats had been burned and fragmented to the point they could no longer sustain the primates was the main driving factor behind relocating them, Yiara said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Humans and monkeys are both primates, and Ebola feeds on primates in the same way that a predator consumes certain kinds of flesh.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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