"primate" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it when referring to mammals of the order Primates, which includes humans, apes, monkeys, and lemurs. For example: "The primate with the most complex social structure is the chimpanzee."
"This was quite a surprise as we put up a master's thesis from a brand new primate lab with very little funding, and successfully competed with 11 PhD finalists from the best primatology programs in the world," McPhee said.
This is important because the nearest record of a Dryas' monkey is 400km to the west, meaning, if confirmed, the discovery would significantly expand the range of a primate considered critically endangered.
But some animals such as dolphins, elephants and in particular the primate family, are capable of forming social bonds to a far stronger extent and actually make conscious decisions to help members of their group with whom they feel a greater affinity.
Detwiler called the award a "great honour" for McPhee and her Primate Molecular and Behavioral Ecology Lab.
Most people, including most scientists, will draw a line somewhere, and this type of primate research surely crosses the line.
"It was very moving as the votes were being counted and the names resounding out: Bergoglio, Bergoglio, and suddenly the magic number was reached and there was applause," said the primate of all Ireland, Seán Brady, at a briefing at the Irish College in Rome.
Cardinal Seán Brady said he offered Pope Francis his resignation after turning 75, the standard retirement age in the church, and would be replaced as Catholic primate of all Ireland by archbishop Eamon Martin.
Still, many questions remained about the lesula, the most pressing of which was how the bushmeat trade was impacting the primate.
Runner-up: Ikea monkey was commended by judges for his or her impressive appearance in Leonardo's Last Supper, the first time a miniature primate in a sheepskin coat had ever been inserted into a 500-year-old artwork.
The team would use their data to determine how the continent's newest primate was faring in a heavily-hunted forest.
"Woman's Inhumanity to Woman" combines a variety of different approaches from primate research to sociology, from psychoanalysis to autobiography to explore the crueller aspects of female relationships both inside and outside the family.
