anthropomorphous

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Gratiolet, Prof., on the anthropomorphous apes; on the evolution of the anthropomorphous apes; on the difference in the development of the brains of apes and of man.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

A tail, though not externally visible, is really present in man and the anthropomorphous apes, and is constructed on exactly the same pattern in both.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Would it be fog or light that would envelop the history of man if we say that the existence of man was explained by the hypothesis of his gradual evolution from a primitive anthropomorphous form? 

From Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals by Butler, Samuel

So that the correspondence in general structure, in the minute structure of the tissues, in chemical composition and in constitution, between man and the higher animals, especially the anthropomorphous apes, is extremely close.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Whether the adult anthropomorphous apes, in the males of whom the canines are much larger than in the females, uncover them when prepared to fight, is not known.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles