TERM: Description of glossary term.
primitive
Contesto: Evolution.
A loosely used term that connotes an early state in the evolution of a trait of a group of species. Often employed as synonym of basal.
Referenza
Barlow, George W. 2002. "The Cichlid Fishes (Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution)". Perseus Publishing. 352. ISBN: 9780738203768 (crc03927) (riassunto)