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My attention returned when he faced us and said the obvious conclusion to be reached about this primate's social structure, as proposed by the eminent scholar Robin Fox (not a cartoon name, but a real scholar whose work I had already found offensive), was that females were expendable and subservient to the power structure of the group.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

Many years ago Mr. Dunbar famously noticed that there is a tight correlation between the size of a primate's brain and the size of the social group its species generally forms.

How Many Friends Can Your Brain Hold? Matt Ridley 2011

When Newcastle fans dubbed Reid "Monkey Heed" before waving "Save the Chimp" placards in his face, he shared the joke, tackling the Great North Run wearing a T-shirt adorned by a primate's visage.

Peter Reid lends a hand as Pilgrims continue to regress 2011

My attention returned when he faced us and said the obvious conclusion to be reached about this primate's social structure, as proposed by the eminent scholar Robin Fox (not a cartoon name, but a real scholar whose work I had already found offensive), was that females were expendable and subservient to the power structure of the group.

I'd Rather Be A Hammer Than A Nail": Fallacy in the Construct 2009

Leo Acadia Many years ago Mr. Dunbar famously noticed that there is a tight correlation between the size of a primate's brain and the size of the social group its species generally forms.

How Many Friends Can Your Brain Hold? Matt Ridley 2011

What if the primate's tool use actually raised the probability that a tool-relevant genetic change would take place which could then be passed along to offspring?

Matt J. Rossano: Evolution: Is God Just Playing Dice? Matt J. Rossano 2011

Still, it was not the primate's first exposure to nicotine -- according to Beirut's Daily Star, Omega had been used in a local restaurant, where he served water pipe to customers and would occasionally smoke cigarettes.

Omega, Cigarette Smoking Chimpanzee, Rescued In Lebanon Zoo (PHOTOS) Curtis M. Wong 2010

Mr. RAKOFF: What I'm talking about is literally a pre-conscious kind of primate's response to a lack of symmetry that would lead to that inevitable tiny microgesture, but that would be a flinch of asymmetry.

David Rakoff's 'Half Empty' Worldview Is Full Of Wit 2010

Mr. RAKOFF: What I'm talking about is literally a pre-conscious kind of primate's response to a lack of symmetry that would lead to that inevitable tiny microgesture, but that would be a flinch of asymmetry.

David Rakoff's 'Half Empty' Worldview Is Full Of Wit 2010

Still, it was not the primate's first exposure to nicotine -- according to Beirut's Daily Star, Omega had been used in a local restaurant, where he served water pipe to customers and would occasionally smoke cigarettes.

Omega, Cigarette Smoking Chimpanzee, Rescued In Lebanon Zoo (PHOTOS) Curtis M. Wong 2010