apelike

American  

[ayp-lahyk] / ˈeɪp laɪk /

adjective

1. similar to an ape in behavior, movement, speech, or appearance.

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Example Sentences

Lucy was so apelike that “the implicit hypothesis was that the next step back would be a chimpanzee,” says White, who found fossils and analyzed footprints of Lucy’s species at Laetoli in Tanzania.

From Science Magazine

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

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

Little Foot’s species blended apelike and humanlike traits and is considered a possible direct ancestor of humans.

From Washington Post

It is a testament to Darwin’s scientific audacity that he was not particularly bothered by the prospect of human descent from apelike ancestors.

From Literature