apish

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The shoulders were apish too, and the widely flaring blades of the pelvis were as primitive as Lucy’s—but the bottom of the same pelvis looked like a modern human’s.

From National Geographic • Sep. 10, 2015

According to evolutionary theorists , we probably owe these unsavory blemishes to our having lost our apish pelts too rapidly for our own good.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2011

But unlike its apish kin, it had a clearly human characteristic.

From Time Magazine Archive

The original Pithecanthropus consisted of an apish skull, a very human thighbone, a few "ambiguous" teeth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Powers above in clouds do sit, Mocking our poor apish wit, That so lamely with such state Their high glory imitate.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)