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Meanings of primates in English

Portuguese
primatas
Catalan
primats

An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings.

primatas
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Examples for "order Primates"
Examples for "order Primates"
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Our zoölogical classifications depend upon anatomical characteristics; and anatomically man belongs among the order primates.
The Whence and the Whither of Man / A Brief History of His Origi...
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Personally, I do consider higher- order primates to be people.
Wired
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Man is, at present, classified under the order primates, along with tree shrews, lemurs, lorises, monkeys, and apes.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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In fact, no group surpasses them save the Order Primates, and it requires the enrollment of all the apes, baboons and monkeys to accomplish it.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
Usage of primates in English
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However, efforts to find parallel effects in non-human primates were surprisingly unsuccessful.
Pubmed
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Among animal groups, it's a cognitive ability previously only evidenced in primates.
Reuters
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She says it may be more common among other primates than supposed.
BBC
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Quick guide Evolutionary timeline Show Hide 55m years ago First primates evolve.
The Guardian
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But that's becoming more difficult as the primates lose their natural habitats.
Wired
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However, this kind of technique has not been reported in non-human primates.
Pubmed
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Furthermore, safety has been demonstrated after perinatal administration mice and non-human primates.
Pubmed
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Nonhuman primates experience changes in behavior as they progress into old age.
Pubmed
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But how anthropoid primates originated has been a subject of frequent contention.
Wired
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Wild reindeer also selectively forage in uncontaminated areas, as do many primates.
BBC
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In most primates the birth canal in the pelvis is relatively straight.
BBC
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Here, we evaluated intravenously administered 2-AG for reinforcing effects in nonhuman primates.
Pubmed
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Or did he patronize a ready-to-wear shop that catered especially to primates?
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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They would have a foraging territory, just like any group of primates.
Dangerous Women
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This allows results obtained in nonhuman primates to be applied to humans.
Pubmed
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You would certainly laugh at the people laughing at the nonhuman primates.
The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable
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Translations for primates
Portuguese
primatas
Catalan
primats
Primates through the time
Primates across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common