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Building on his recent study of macaques, Miller’s goal is to conclusively identify a brain wave signature of unconsciousness in humans.—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 In cynomolgus macaques, sperm counts fell sharply within two-to-five weeks and returned to normal within around three months.—New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025 By tracing the way the DNA has changed over time, the researchers found that the subfamily had evolved differently within the genomes of different animals, contributing to the biological evolution that resulted in humans, chimpanzees and macaques.—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025 Milwaukee County Zoo staff have named the two baby Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, born there in June.—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for macaque
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Etymology
French, from Portuguese macaco, from kaku mangabey, plural makaku, in one or more Bantu languages of Gabon and Congo
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