anthropomorphous

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These are of functional importance by supporting certain internal parts and in other ways; and their modification is directly connected with the erect or semi-erect attitude of man and the anthropomorphous apes.

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

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 relations between man and ape are most readily stated in 110 comparison with the gorilla, as on the whole the most anthropomorphous ape.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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