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noun

Primates n. pl. (Zool.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.

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... persist, or those on the rear, depends upon other factors in the life of the animal. Hoofed animals, perhaps because their best weapon is the hoof and they can there best protect their young, have retained them in the rear of the body. In the group of animals known as the primates, including monkeys, apes, and man, the habit of holding the young in the arms for protection has determined the persistence of the breasts upon the chest ...

— The Meaning of Evolution • Samuel Christian Schmucker

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... only by those who have been forced to adopt the evolutionary interpretation, but also by believers in special creation like Linnaeus and Cuvier and other more modern opponents of evolution, have shown that the peculiar qualities of this order are shared by the human species. Indeed, the name of primates was given to this section by Linnaeus himself, because the human body found a place in the array which begins at the lower extreme with the lemurs and the monkeys and ends with man at the other end. Again it is found that ...

— The Doctrine of Evolution - Its Basis and Its Scope • Henry Edward Crampton

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Words linked to "Primates" : primate, Tarsioidea, Lemuroidea, Omomyid group, subclass Eutheria, Prosimii, Omomyid, suborder Strepsirhini, Adapid, suborder Prosimii, animal order, Adapid group