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

His theory began to evolve when he noticed a distinction between anthropoid and apish mimicry: children can imitate such actions as shaving and shooting without using razors or guns; but apes cannot, or do not.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pithecanthropus erectus, the Javanese oldster regarded by most authorities as a very apish man, is called an apeman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why, that the young fellows of the day are such conceited, apish creatures; no man under forty-five is worth wasting a minute's time over.

From The Gay Lord Quex A Comedy in Four Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir