[Miss Marple]

In my continuing effort to bring information to all of you, I feel I must clarify a term. Humans are, indeed, primates. Here is the definition of primates, from the Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology:

primates: an order of omnivorous mammals, consisting of three suborders: Anthropoidea, including humans, great apes, gibbons, and Old World and New World monkeys; Prosimii, including lemurs, loris, and the like; and Tarsioidea, including tarsiers; members of this order are characterized by highly developed brains, forward directed eyes, use of the hands, and varied locomotion, and particularly by complex, flexible behavior involving a high level of social interaction and adaptability.

[Fred Mertz]

"Ooga booga."

That means thank you, in my best sounding primate voice of course.

[A.J.Armitage]

I've seen people say things like, "We're human beings, not animals." Of course, we are animals, but we're not just animals. We're primates, but I don't see why you can't use the term the same way, in that we aren't merely primates.