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ape-man
[ eyp-man ]
noun
plural ape-men.
- a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- a human assumed to have been reared by apes.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ape-man1
First recorded in 1860鈥65; ape ( def ) + man ( def )
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Next, the ape-man travels to Algeria to expose a traitor in the French Foreign Legion.
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Dart therefore described the Taung Child as a 鈥榤an-ape鈥 rather than an 鈥榓pe-man鈥, like Java Man, and named the species Australopithecus africanus, which means southern ape from Africa.
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What looks like an ape-man is probably a bear standing on its hind legs.
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But after further inspection, he changed the name to Pithecanthropus erectus, an upright 鈥渁pe-man.鈥
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In 鈥2001,鈥 an ape-man turns a bone into a weapon, initiating a progression that traces humanity from, as it鈥檚 been described, ape to angel.
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