Primate vs Protoculture - What's the difference?
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(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates , including simians and prosimians.
(informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
(ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
(ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.
The passing of behaviours from one generation to another among non-human primates. These cultures are very rudimentary, and do not exhibit complex cultural technology.
As nouns the difference between primate and protoculture
is that primate is (zoology) a mammal of the order primates , including simians and prosimians or primate can be (ecclesiastical) in the catholic church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription while protoculture is the passing of behaviours from one generation to another among non-human primates these cultures are very rudimentary, and do not exhibit complex cultural technology.primate
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) primate.Noun
(en noun)- ''Primates range from lemurs to gorillas