How to Use primatology in a Sentence
primatology
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This is the quiet shift that defines modern primatology.
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Mireya Mayor,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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Her 1960 discovery that chimpanzees were able to make and use tools revolutionized the field of primatology.
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Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Goodall spent the latter part of her career more focused on environmental activism than on the study of chimpanzees, but her name is still culturally synonymous with the field of primatology.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her work in Gombe Stream National Park would define primatology for generations to come.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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At the time, the fields of primatology, ethology, anthropology, and all of science were incredibly male-dominated.
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Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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