anthropomorphous
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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
This remark is made with respect to Cynocephalus and the anthropomorphous apes by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier, 'Histoire Nat. des Mammiferes,' tom. i.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
The same remark is applicable to the tailless condition of man; for the tail is absent in all the anthropomorphous apes.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
The anthropomorphous apes, namely the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang, and hylobates, are by most naturalists separated from the other Old World monkeys, as a distinct sub-group.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
All the expressions which had attached a living force to natural objects would remain as the description of personal and anthropomorphous gods.
