primate

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Other early primate relatives have been discovered in the southwestern United States, but they date to roughly two million years later – creating a gap in the fossil record that puzzled scientists… until now.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Despite being much more closely related to mice than to monkeys, squirrel evolution followed the primate playbook.

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

A primate skull is hard and tough, and the bone plates are knitted together.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston