pan-primate

Adjective

pan-primate (not comparable)

1. Applying to all primates.
   • If these findings are confirmed in primates other than vervets, it is conceivable that the voice contributes to the solution of some pan-primate problems, offering clues to the vocal bias in human languages.1999 May, John L Locke, Marc D Hauser, “Sex and Status Effects on Primate Volubility: Clues to the Origin of Vocal Languages?”, in Evolution and Human Behavior, volume 20, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN...
   • Given the clear homologies with display behaviors in other primates, and the ubiquity of the relevant adaptive problem across social animals, it is likely that proto-pride and proto-shame are pan-primate; indeed, the core features of these emotions and related appraisals and attitudes may be shared...2009 November 19, Daniel M.T. Fessler, Matthew Gervais, chapter 12, in Peter Kappeler and Joan Silk, editors, Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals, Springer, →ISBN, page 268