primate
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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
It is the only non-human primate in the top group and usually gives birth to twins or triplets, resulting in a full sibling rate of nearly 78%.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 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
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
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