primates
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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
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
Panut Hadisiswoyo, founder of the Orangutan Information Centre, an NGO, said it supported bringing the primates home.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
While some primates use stone tools to access food, for instance to crack open nuts, accumulative stone throwing is a rare example of stone tool use in a social context.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
One general theory for the origin of aids goes at, during the late nineteen-sixties, a new and crative business grew up in Africa, the export of primates to industrialized countries for use in medical research.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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