(Of a lineage or taxon) one that is inherited from the common ancestor of a clade (or clade group) and has undergone little change since.
1 This reliance on authority is a fundamental primitive trait .
2 My family and friends severely criticise this primitive trait of mine, but I can not help it.
3 The man who committed these acts still has strong primitive traits .
4 This country is settled by genuine Americans, who have the aboriginal primitive traits of the universal Yankee nation.
5 Hominids and ourselves bear many primitive traits that haven't been specialized like they have in gorillas, said Lovejoy.
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