Crossword-Solution: PRIMATES
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Primates | n. pl. | The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci. |
We have 25 clues for the answer “PRIMATES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Guys and gibbons | 1 answer |
| an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings | 1 answer |
| Group that includes lemurs, monkeys, and humans | 1 answer |
| Sign on a zoo house. | 1 answer |
| Religious dignitaries | 1 answer |
| Provincial high-ranking bishops | 1 answer |
| PRIMATA | 1 answer |
| Order man belongs to. | 1 answer |
| Marmosets and mandrills | 1 answer |
| Man, the apes, the monkeys, etc. | 1 answer |
| Man and the apes. | 1 answer |
| Lemurs and us | 1 answer |
| Humans and monkeys | 1 answer |
| Archbishops and apes | 1 answer |
| Archbishops | 1 answer |
| Apes, monkeys or men | 1 answer |
| Apes and kin | 1 answer |
| *Monkeys, e.g. | 2 answers |
| Chimps, e.g. | 2 answers |
| Man and others | 3 answers |
| Bishops | 7 answers |
| " ___ homo" | 9 answers |
| Churchmen | 9 answers |
| CLASSIFICATION OF MAMMALS THAT INCLUDES HUMANS, GORILLAS, CHIMPANZEES AND OTHER TAILLESS APES | 10 answers |
| Apes | 17 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PRIMATES (5)
But the order of public proceedings required a more regular and less invidious distinction; the office of perpetual presidents in the councils of each province was conferred on the bishops of the principal city; and these aspiring prelates, who soon acquired the lofty titles of Metropolitans and Primates, secretly prepared themselves to usurp over their episcopal brethren the same authority which the bishops had so lately assumed above the college of presbyters.
The primates of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, Carthage, and afterwards Constantinople, who exercised a more ample jurisdiction, convened the numerous assembly of their dependent bishops.
One would almost imagine from the long list that is given of cannibal primates, bishops, arch-deacons, prebendaries, and other inferior ecclesiastics, that the sacerdotal order far outnumbered the rest of the population, and that the poor natives were more severely priest-ridden than even the inhabitants of the papal states.
Darwin next attempts to establish the SPECIFIC genealogical tree of man, and carefully weighs the differences and resemblances between the different families of the Primates.
Keane has worked at the special genealogical tree of the Primates; Keith has inquired which of the anthropoid apes has the greatest number of characters in common with man; Morris concerns himself with the evolution of man in general, especially with his acquisition of the erect position.
Quotes with PRIMATES (3)
Let's say that the consensus is that our species, being the higher primates, Homo Sapiens, has been on the planet for at least 100,000 years, maybe more. Francis Collins says maybe 100,000. Richard Dawkins thinks maybe a quarter-of-a-million. I'll take 100,000. In order to be a Christian, you have to believe that for 98,000 years, our species suffered and died, most of its children dying in childbirth, most other people having a life expectancy of about 25 years, dying of the…
The living dead had taken more from us than land and loved ones. They'd robbed us of our confidence as the planet's dominant life form. We were a shaken, broken species, driven to the edge of extinction and grateful only for tomorrow with perhaps a little less suffering than today. Was this the legacy we would leave our children, a level of anxiety and self-doubt not seen since our simian ancestors cowered in the tallest trees? What kind of world would they rebuild? Would the…
When it comes to love we are primates breaking stickswhile pointing to our hearts.
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Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, NYT, WP.
Used 15 times in crossword archives (1950–2022).