apelike
Americanadjective
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In 1925, Raymond Dart, an anatomist at the University of the Witwatersrand, announced the discovery of a partial skull of an apelike juvenile excavated from a quarry in the town of Taung.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
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
They knew that apelike men had lived there, too.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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