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anthropoid apes
Ape Ape ([=a]p), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiad[ae], having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes. Note: The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms. 2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. --Byron. 3. A dupe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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- sapiens† Bili ape Dawn of Humanity (2015 PBS film) Great ape language Planet of the Apes franchise Great Ape Project Great ape research ban Great Apes Survival...
- (anthropoids, or suborder Anthropoidea, in earlier classifications) Anthropoid apes, apes that are closely related to humans (e.g., former family Pongidae...
- ago into Cercopithecidae and apes (including humans). In earlier classification, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans – collectively known...
- features that the anthropoids in the Old World have and, therefore, Montandon concluded, it must be an anthropoid ape. It would be the only ape native to the...
- ritualized mouth to mouth contact for bonding has been observed in anthropoid apes such as gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees. All of this supports...
- species: Il'ya Ivanov and his experiments on cross-breeding humans and anthropoid apes". Science in Context. 15 (2): 277–316. doi:10.1017/S0269889702000455...
- generations. All great apes have similar genetic chromosome structure. Humans have one pair fewer chromosomes than other apes, as humans have 23 chromosome...
- Intelligence tests on great apes) is a book by Wolfgang Köhler published in 1921. The English version called "The Mentality of Apes", translated by Ella Winter...
- gluteal crease, or gluteal furrow) is an area of the body of humans and anthropoid apes, described by a horizontal crease formed by the inferior aspect of...
- accepted that Java Man was a transitional form between apes and humans. Some dismissed the fossils as apes and others as modern humans, whereas many scientists...