HANNA: Well, the lemur is what we call a prosimian, which means pre-monkey and pre-ape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2010] Reference
The lemur -- remember, I told you this is a prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005] Reference
This is a prosimian, which means it's pre-monkey and pre-ape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2007] Reference
And the lemur's an animal that's very prehistoric, a prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Bo Derek, Tippi Hedren and Betty White Talk About Their Pets - July 7, 2000] Reference
His eyes were bright and bulging, like a lemur's, like a hungry prosimian awakened from its diurnal slumber. From Wordnik.com. [Villa Incognito]
At the Fongoli site in Senegal, we observed ten different chimpanzees use tools to hunt prosimian prey in 22 bouts. From Wordnik.com. [Science Press Releases] Reference
The Ring-Tailed Lemur — a native of Madagascar, the ring-tailed lemur is a “prosimian”, or an ancestor of the modern primates. From Wordnik.com. [Top Ten] Reference
Several primate species are found in these forests and include the threatened banded langur (Trachypithecus melalophus) and slow loris (Loris nycticebus), a small, nocturnal prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests] Reference
The photos are almost all close up, amazing crisp and reproduced brilliantly, and for the pictures alone it's a nice addition to the bio shelves of the library here which are mostly prosimian primatology, focusing on lemurs. From Wordnik.com. [reads, windowshopboom, moogbag, badgerhaus] Reference
The authors of the paper describing Darwinius classified it as a member of the primate family Notharctidae, subfamily Cercamoniinae, suggesting that it has the status of a significant transitional form (a "link") between the prosimian and simian ("anthropoid") primate lineages. From Wordnik.com. [[evolution] and its shoddy tactics] Reference
The haplorrhines include the three living groups the prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Zimmermann E (2009) Vocal expression of emotion in a nocturnal prosimian primate. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Pochron ST, Wright PC (2003) Variability in adult group compositions of a prosimian primate. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Genetics & evolution post up which he illustrates with a photograph of a rather ghoulish prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Slender lorises are small, nocturnal prosimian primates found only in the tropical forests of Southern India and Sri Lanka. From Wordnik.com. [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference
The haplorrhines include the three living groups the prosimian Teilhardina asiatica, a mouse-sized, diurnal creature with small eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Humans, apes and monkeys all share a common ancestor with one another more recently than they do with prosimian primates or other mammals. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
But then again, it is hard to get inside the head of a male sifaka, a large Madagascan prosimian primate which lives mainly high and unseen in the forest treetops. From Wordnik.com. [Impact Lab] Reference
To test prosimian social learning abilities, Stoinski and her team built a snack-filled tube with two different ways to open it - a hinged door and a sliding door. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
• The exception is the tarsier, which exhibits A large number of prosimian species are to be found on advanced features not the island of Madagascar. found in the other prosimians. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
If more evidence piles up in favor of prosimian social learning, it's almost a given that the ability first emerged before prosimian and simian primates split about 63 million years ago, Santos said. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
"This unusual type of feeding adaptation has never been documented among prosimian primates, but is characteristic of modern South American saki monkeys that inhabit the Amazon Basin," says Dr. Beard. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
What is a prosimian?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005] Reference
This is a prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2007] Reference
This is a prosimian, Larry. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005] Reference
Their hands, they're prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2002] Reference
No, a lemur's in the prosimian family. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005] Reference
HANNA: They're prosimian -- they're prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2001] Reference
HANNA: A lemur's an animal that's a prosimian. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jack Hanna Lets the Fur Fly - January 11, 2001] Reference
They're a prosimian which means they're neither. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2002] Reference
Microcebus murinus), a small bodied nocturnal prosimian species, endemic to Madagascar. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
But those of us with the inclination for utilizing our sixth sense have no difficulty in recognizing we're animally related to apes by way of a common early pre-primate ancestor who was neither ape nor human but rather was a prosimian still in the process of evolving towards genetic branching whereas those of us who remain in strict denial and refuse to exercise our sixth sense only goes to prove not everyone is supposed to know for the greater good of our ancestral common denominator. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
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