Search Results for: primate
Why Non-Human Primates Don’t Speak Like Humans
Summary: Why are non-human primates unable to speak like humans? A widely-accepted theory associated it with their lack of... Read More
Strepsirrhine
Definition noun, plural: strepsirrhines Any of the wet-nosed primates characterized mainly by having... Read More
Platyrrhine
Definition noun, plural: platyrrhines Any of the small to mid-sized primates belonging to the pavorder Platyrrhini,... Read More
Old World monkey
Definition noun, plural: Old World monkeys Any of the primates that belong to the family Cercopithecidae of the suborder... Read More
Homo sapiens sapiens
Homo sapiens What are homo sapiens? Homo sapiens is the species of all the highly developed primates on earth, a category... Read More
Ameranthropoides loysi
"Ameranthropoides loysi" (otherwise known as de Loys' Ape) is the unofficial name for a large primate supposedly... Read More
Catarrhine
Definition noun, plural: catarrhines Any of the primates belonging to the parvorder Catarrhini, characterized by having the... Read More
Haplorrhine
Definition noun, plural: haplorrhines Any of the primates characterized mainly by being dry-nosed because of a lack of a... Read More
Taenia saginata
Definition noun A tapeworm species of class Cestoda, and is commonly known as the beef tapeworm that parasitizes humans and... Read More
Penile spine
Definition noun, plural: penile spines Any of the spiny projections along the glans or the shaft of the penis Supplement The... Read More
Lesser ape
Definition noun, plural: lesser apes Any of the apes of the family Hylobatidae (gibbons) characterized by being relatively... Read More
Neuropsychology
Definition noun The scientific study of the physiological basis of psychological processes Supplement Neuroscience is the... Read More
Anthroponosis
Definition noun, plural: anthroponoses An infectious disease that can be transmitted from a human host to an animal... Read More
Uterine cycle
Definition noun The cycle that depicts the changes in the endometrial lining occurring during a menstrual cycle, and is... Read More
Entamoeba coli
Definition noun A non-pathogenic species of the genus Entamoeba that reside in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and... Read More
Entamoeba histolytica
Definition noun A disease-causing anaerobic protozoan species capable of causing entamoebiasis and amebic dysentery to its... Read More
Menstrual cycle
Definition noun The reproductive cycle of human and other animal (e.g. certain primates) females, and is comprised of phases... Read More
Sensible perspiration
Definition noun A form of perspiration in which the body is able to sense the watery fluid as moist on the... Read More
Perspiration
Definition noun (1) The act or the process of producing and excreting a watery, saline fluid that evaporates from the... Read More
Divergent evolution
Divergent Evolution Definition Divergent evolution refers to the process by which interbreeding species diverged into two... Read More