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primate

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




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Apers believe Bigfoot is just a primate unknown to science while Woo-Woos think Bigfoot is some sort of interdimensional traveller - an alien of sort.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The discovery also suggests that the apparent absence of early primate relatives in more southern parts of the Western Interior may have been influenced by sampling bias.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Despite being much more closely related to mice than to monkeys, squirrel evolution followed the primate playbook.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Climate change is what philosopher Timothy Morton calls a hyperobject: something that so massively occupies space and time that our puny primate brains have trouble fathoming them.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

The skeleton of our primate ancestors developed for millions of years to support a creature that walked on all fours and had a relatively small head.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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