primate

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This research is among the first to connect a natural behavior in a wild primate with changes in both ectoparasites and the gut microbiome.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Our primate ancestors lived in trees and ate fruit.

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 most recent primate was born Nov. 22 to 31-year-old N’djia and silverback Kelly, 38, whose daughter Angela in 2020 was the first gorilla born at the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

They were two human primates carrying another primate.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston