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primate
primate member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes humans, apes , monkeys , and prosimians, or lower primates. The group can be traced to the late Cretaceous period, where members were forest dwellers. As a whole, they are arboreal, although a few species are terrestrial; nearly all i... Read more
tarsier
tarsier , small, nocturnal, forest-dwelling prosimian primate , genus Tarsius. There are at least three species found in the Philippines, in Sumatra and Borneo, and in Sulawesi. Tarsiers are about 6 in. (15 cm) long with a 10 in. (25 cm) hairless tail, and weigh about 4.5 oz (130 g). The body is ... Read more
aye-aye
aye-aye , name for an aberrant primate, Daubentonia madagascariensis, related to the lemurs but distinguished by its specialized teeth and fingers. A large nocturnal and arboreal primate, it is found in dense bamboo forests in two isolated regions of Madagascar. The aye-aye is about the size of ... Read more
Robert Mearns Yerkes
Robert Mearns Yerkes , 1876-1956, American psychologist, b. Bucks co., Pa., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1898; Ph.D.1902). He taught (1902-17) at Harvard, served (1919-24) on the National Research Council, and held a post as professor of psychobiology at Yale (1924-44). He also founded (1929) and directed th... Read more
anthropometry
anthropometry , technique of measuring the human body in terms of dimensions, proportions, and ratios such as those provided by the cephalic index . Once the standard approach to racial classification and comparing humans to other primates, the technique is now used for deciding the range of clothi... Read more
bush baby
bush baby name for several small, active nocturnal primates of the loris family, found in forested parts of Africa. Bush babies, also called galagos, form the subfamily Galaginae. The smallest are about 1 ft (30 cm) long, including the long, furry tail. All have fluffy fur, small pointed faces wi... Read more
hand
hand terminal part of the forelimb in primates. The human hand consists of the wrist, palm, four fingers, and thumb. In humans and other primates, the thumb is opposable, i.e., it can be moved into a position opposite to the other four digits. Opposable thumbs make possible precise movements such a... Read more
insectivore
insectivore , term broadly given to any insect-eating animal or plant. More specifically, the term refers to mammals of the order Insectivora (see Chordata ), including the shrew , mole , hedgehog , tenrec , and solenodon . Insectivores are small animals, ranging from 2 to 16 in. (5-40 cm) in ... Read more
loris
loris name for slow-moving, nocturnal, arboreal primates of the family Lorisidae, found in India, Sri Lanka, and SE Asia. Lorises have round heads, large round eyes, and furry bodies. They have no tails, and their index fingers are vestigial. Lorises move hand over hand through the trees, gripping ... Read more
nail
nail in anatomy, the horny outgrowth shielding the tip of the finger and the toe in humans and most other primates. The nail consists of dead cells pushed outward by dividing cells in the root, a fold of epidermis at the base of the nail (see skin ). The hard material in nail cells is the tough pr... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Primate"

Animals: Primate Diets
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ANIMALS: PRIMATE DIETS ANIMALS: PRIMATE DIETS. The daily food quest is generally the single most important...available on the planet at any one time. Humans are members of the Primate order and are placed in the suborder Anthropoidea, along with...
primate
Book article from: World Encyclopedia primate Regional head of an episcopally structured church hierarchy...describe the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is ‘Primate of all England’, and the Archbishop of York, who is ‘Primate of England’.
Paleonutrition, Methods of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...and living hunter-gatherer societies. Primate Studies The living primates include prosimians...some seventy-five million years ago. Primate ancestors may have been those insectivores...is likely a consequence of the tropical primate diet. Tropical forests are characterized...
Primates
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging ...investigation and degree of similarity between the primate model and humans. Many types of nonhuman...the most frequently employed nonhuman primate in gerontological and biomedical studies...cardiovascular, it is not surprising that primate models have been used extensively to study...
Gorillas
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...PERIODICALS Gouzoules, Harold. “ Primate Communication by Nature Honest, Or By...x201C; Evolutionary Theory and Primate Behavior. ” International Journal...K. “ Tree of Origin: What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us About Human Society...
York, Archbishop of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...in 664. In 735, York was raised to the dignity of an archbishopric, when Egbert was given the title Primate of the Northern Province. The Archbishop is now Primate of England (the Archbishop of Canterbury is Primate of all England).
tree shrew
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...insectivore , and to the lemur , which is a primate . Tree shrews are now seen as a possible model for early primate behavior. They are classified in the...Bibliography: See R. D. Martin, Primate Origins and Evolution (1990).
evolution, human
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...gibbon, the only truly arm-swinging primate, the arms are long and flexible, and...all part of the human being's ancient primate heritage. Each evolved for some reason...evolutionary history shared with no other living primate. It is often said that humans are the...
Canterbury, metropolitan diocese of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...authority over the north as ‘primate of England’, Canterbury to have national precedence as ‘primate of all England’. Though still...the archbishop's official residence as primate since c. 1185 has been at Lambeth palace...
Georg Raphael Donner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...portraits and coats of arms of the prince-Bishop. In 1728 the primate of Hungary, Prince-Bishop Emre Esterhazy, called Donner...Donner carved the highly expressive kneeling figure of the primate. He also made the equestrian statue St. Martin and the Beggar...

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primate
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable primate in the Christian Church, the chief bishop or archbishop...are primates, the Archbishop of Canterbury being entitled Primate of All England and the Archbishop of York Primate of England . In Ireland, both the Roman Catholic and the...
Primate
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Primate. The title of the bishop of the ‘first see’, usually the chief bishop of a single state or people. The Abp. of Canterbury is ‘Primate of All England’, the Abp. of York ‘Primate of England’.
Canterbury, metropolitan diocese of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...authority over the north as ‘primate of England’, Canterbury to have national precedence as ‘primate of all England’. Though still...the archbishop's official residence as primate since c. 1185 has been at Lambeth palace...
Fulton, John Farquhar
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...at Yale Medical School in 1929, Fulton organized the first primate laboratory for experimental physiology in America. His aim...With the outbreak of World War II, the activities of the primate laboratory at New Haven became centered on physiology, particularly...
Mivart, St. George Jackson
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x2019; s and 1870 ’ s on his series of papers on Primate comparative anatomy. Huxley viewed the development of a precise...a major contribution to an understanding of this enigmatic Primate group and their systematic relationship to the rest of the...
Flower, William Henry
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...T. H. Huxley — over certain characteristics of primate brains. Several papers by Flower provided strong evidence that Owen ’ s distinctions between human and nonhuman primate brains were invalid. While at the Hunterian Museum, he added...
Keith, Arthur
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...received his M.D. degree from Aberdeen, but his thesis on primate muscles was not published. During 1895 Keith worked under...s interest now reverted to anthropology. He had studied primate skulls in 1895 and had published An Introduction to the Study...
monkey
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2022; n. ( pl. -eys ) 1. a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in...Cercopithecidae) do not. ∎  (in general use) any primate. ∎  a mischievous person, esp. a child...
York, metropolitan diocese of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...York was to have metropolitan authority over the north as ‘Primate of England’, while Canterbury was to have national precedence as ‘Primate of all England’. The cathedral, York minster, is of mixed...
York
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...the Abp. of Canterbury was to have precedence and the title ‘Primate of All England’, and that the Abp. of York should be styled ‘Primate of England’. Medieval York was important as a regional capital...

Thesaurus entries related to "Primate"

primate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus primate • noun  See table. Primates ape aye-aye baboon Barbary ape bonobo bush baby capuchin chimpanzee colobus douroucouli...
monkey
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus monkey • noun   1. synonyms : simian, primate, ape. See table at primate.   2. you little monkey! See rascal. phrases: make a monkey (out) of  she made a monkey out of Clark in front of his friends synonyms...
ape
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ape • noun   synonyms : primate, simian; monkey; technical anthropoid. See table at primate. • verb  he aped Barbara's accent synonyms : imitate, mimic, copy, parrot, do an impression of, parody...

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Sen. Boxer Introduces Captive Primate Safety Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/4/2009; 700+ words ; ...California, has introduced the Captive Primate Safety Act (S. 462), legislation that...text of the legislation follows: Captive Primate Safety Act S. 462 To amend the Lacey...This Act may be cited as the `Captive Primate Safety Act'. SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NONHUMAN...
Recap of Western Primate's Activities, Dec. 18-26, 2004; Primate Attends Christmas Celebration of Little Angels School
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 1/8/2005; 700+ words ; ...Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian...Christmas presentation, following which the Primate addressed the children and parents in...sacrificial life of your parents." The Primate also extended his words of thanks and...
Rep. Blumenauer Introduces Captive Primate Safety Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/14/2009; 700+ words ; ...Oregon, has introduced the Captive Primate Safety Act (H.R. 80), legislation...text of the legislation follows:Captive Primate Safety ActH.R. 80To amend the Lacey...This Act may be cited as the `Captive Primate Safety Act'.SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NONHUMAN...
Rep. Young Introduces Captive Primate Safety and Disabled Human Assistance Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/21/2008; 700+ words ; ...Alaska, has introduced the Captive Primate Safety and Disabled Human Assistance Act...text of the legislation follows:Captive Primate Safety and Disabled Human Assistance ActH...This Act may be cited as the `Captive Primate Safety and Disabled Human Assistance Act...
Western Primate Celebrates Armenian Christmas Divine Liturgy; ATTENDED BY ECUMENICAL GUESTS
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 1/29/2005; 700+ words ; ...Diocese, as Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate, with the attendance of seventeen ecumenical...traditional Blessing of the Water ceremony, the Primate invited to the altar the guest clergy...Following the extremely moving ceremony, the Primate addressed the guests and the faithful...
Bringing the Bible into Our Lives: Excerpts from the Primate's
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 6/10/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...Bible into Our Lives: Excerpts from the Primate's Diocesan. Assembly Address Weaving...daily life of the Armenian Church. The Primate's Address to the 93rd Diocesan Assembly...read and understand the Bible?" the Primate asked. "We must not regard the Bible...
The Primate Fossil Record
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Walter C. Hartwig (ed.). 2002. The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press...century, paleontological knowledge of primate evolution grew tremendously and continues...are processing a more complex picture of primate evolution and are in need of an organized...
WORKSHOP ON PRIMATE CENSUS TECHNIQUES
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/24/2008; 699 words ; ...training-cum-workshop programme on Primate Census Techniques at Gibbon Conservation...population. Delivering his key talk on Primate Conservation in Upper Brahmaputra valley...also laid stress on initiation of project primate in line of project tiger and project elephant...
Duke University Commits to Enhance Primate Center.
News Wire article from: AScribe Science News Service; 10/23/2003; 700+ words ; ...have announced that the Duke University Primate Center has made sufficient progress toward...programs. In 2001, following reviews of the Primate Center's programs that called for the...research involves the evolution of the primate face and chewing -- was charged with...
Duke Primate Center initiates unique research
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/6/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...philosophy behind the Duke University Primate Center's research efforts and an increasing...developing their research there. The Primate Center houses the largest collection of...prosimians -- humans' furthest-removed primate cousins. It gives researchers the rare...