primate
Example Sentences
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A pair of twin mountain gorillas has been born in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - a rare occurrence for the endangered primates, conservationists at Virunga National Park say.
From BBC
The new findings build on earlier work from Amato's lab, which showed that gut microbes from larger-brained primates produce more metabolic energy when transferred into mice.
From Science Daily
The researchers then showed the untrained systems images of objects, people, and animals and compared their internal activity to brain responses from humans and non-human primates viewing the same images.
From Science Daily
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
In recent years, she devoted much of her time to activism and charity work surrounding conservation issues, animal rights and endangered primates and climate change.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
