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Fragile materials such as primitive cells and microbial mats were buried, squeezed, heated, and fractured as the planet's crust shifted over billions of years.

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“It would take a miracle to find decent caviar in this primitive land,” he remarked on his way out, “but a plate of smoked herring would do nicely in a pinch.”

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The excavations of the Antikythera shipwreck, in 1900, marked the beginnings of underwater excavations carried out in what is regarded as a technologically primitive manner.

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In contrast, chondrites retain primitive solar system dust as well as small molten droplets called chondrules.

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The song begins and ends with an intentionally primitive AI-generated voice saying, “This is how it feels to be hunted by something smarter than you.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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