primate
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Socialization is the essence of the primate brain too.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
On top of its potential communicative importance and intrinsic value as a cultural behavior, accumulative stone throwing involves durable primate material culture, the loss of which would constitute the erasure of primate heritage.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The work brought together numerous collaborators and involved nonhuman primates at both the Oregon and California national primate research centers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
As an ecologist who has studied chimpanzees and lemurs in the field in Uganda and Madagascar, I am fascinated by the environments that shaped our primate ancestors.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
The cages had elaborate bolts on the doors to prevent fiddling by primate fingers.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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In both mice and nonhuman primates, the compound reduced levels of Clostridium perfringens and lowered ammonia production in the intestines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
But here’s your daily reminder that humans are primates whose still-evolving brains are exponentially outpaced by technological advancement.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
That the orangutan's original habitats had been burned and fragmented to the point they could no longer sustain the primates was the main driving factor behind relocating them, Yiara said.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The rocks of the Santiago Formation have also produced early saber-toothed carnivores and primates, El Adli said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Surrounding the R-complex is the limbic system or mammalian brain, which evolved tens of millions of years ago in ancestors who were mammals but not yet primates.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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