ape-man
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
a human assumed to have been reared by apes.
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We lose sight of our ape-man as he is advancing toward the threshold of manhood, not far away.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerThere was very little in the appearance or structure of the ape-man to encourage great hopes for the future.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerThe after life of the ape-man is described with the same circumstantiality as the coming to manhood's estate.
The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander PattersonThey also point to some evidences of a tail which they say was rubbed off when the ape-man learned to sit down.
The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander PattersonTo hide his surprise Sherman bent his head to examine the object the ape-man had handed him.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher Pratt
British Dictionary definitions for apeman
/ (ˈeɪpˌmæn) /
any of various extinct apelike primates thought to have been the forerunners, or closely related to the forerunners, of modern man
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