apelike
Americanadjective
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Sometimes Bigfoot believers go “squatching” in the forest to hunt for tracks left behind from the purported apelike creature.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2023
For a hominin of this time period, the heel bone was too apelike, and the midfoot, ankle, knee, hip and lower back showed strange traits in both skeletons.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 5, 2022
Two apelike brothers stomp around Tokyo; an American scientist and his helper advise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2019
From head to toe the ancient hominin displays a medley of primitive, apelike features and more advanced, humanlike characteristics.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2018
Despite being depicted in innumerable cartoons as apelike brutes living in caves, Neanderthals had brains slightly larger than our own.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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