单词 | primate |
释义 | primate (praɪmeɪt ) Word forms: primates pronunciation note: The pronunciation (praɪmət ) is also used for meaning [sense 2]. 1. countable noun A primate is a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes. The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas. 2. countable noun The Primate of a particular country or region is the most important priest in that country or region. ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland. Collocations: nonhuman primate This suggests that our common ancestor with chimpanzees also had a fairly typical repertoire of vocal communication for a nonhuman primate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Computational constraints on syntactic processing in a nonhuman primate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the nonhuman primate they are found in the ventral part of the superior central nucleus and adjacent structures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Chimpanzees communicate effectively with their various sounds, but in ways quite similar to those of other nonhuman primates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Humans are the primary host of the virus, but it also circulates in nonhuman primates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A little more than 55 million years ago there was a split in primate evolution. Times, Sunday Times These conflicting classifications lie at the heart of the debate over early primate evolution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Consequently, the gray mouse lemur has once again been used as a model organism for studying lemur and primate evolution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During primate evolution, a shift from nocturnal to diurnal activity in tarsiers, monkeys and apes (the haplorhines) brought with it an increased reliance on vision at the expense of olfaction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some neuroscientists suggested that this apparent difference distinguishes tarsiers from all other primates, reinforcing the view that they arose in an early, independent line of primate evolution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 灵长目动物 Japanese: 霊長類 |
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