Super-primate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of superprimate. alt-of, alternative

    "The older brain is very old indeed, and in its super-primate form served hominids well during their long hunting-and-gathering period."

  2. 2
    An exemplary primate.

    "I'd read in a book about monkeys that the primate nervous system was slow to be turned on and even slower to switch off. If so, Pia was a super-primate in that she took forever to respond but once aroused could never calm down."

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"The older brain is very old indeed, and in its super-primate form served hominids well during their long hunting-and-gathering period."

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