primate

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It is widely considered the oldest archaic primate.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

When a squirrel takes on your bird feeder, it’s using the same evolutionary tool kit your primate ancestors developed.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Japanese media outlet Kyodo news reported that she once escaped with another primate - using a key to unlock her cage.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 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

And finally, on the outside, living in uneasy truce with the more primitive brains beneath, is the cerebral cortex, which evolved millions of years ago in our primate ancestors.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan