Apeman
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"Apeman" is an unscientific term that can allude to several things that generally have some of the traits of both other ape
s and human
s:
Ape
Apes are Old World anthropoid mammals, more specifically a clade of tailless catarrhine primates, belonging to the biological superfamily Hominoidea. The apes are native to Africa and South-east Asia, although in relatively recent times humans have spread all over the world...
s and human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s:
- TarzanTarzanTarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
is sometimes referred to as an "Apeman." - The term may sometimes refer to extinct early human ancestors, such as the undiscovered missing linkMissing LinkMissing link is a nonscientific term for any transitional fossil, especially one connected with human evolution; see Transitional fossil - Missing links and List of transitonal fossils - Human evolution.Missing Link may refer to:...
between apes and humans. Several early hominidHominidaeThe Hominidae or include them .), as the term is used here, form a taxonomic family, including four extant genera: chimpanzees , gorillas , humans , and orangutans ....
s could be considered examples. - Alternatively, the term may refer to such cryptozoological creatures as BigfootBigfootBigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is an ape-like cryptid that purportedly inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid...
or YetiYetiThe Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology...
, which presumably possess some of the traits of both species - HumanzeeHumanzeeThe humanzee is a hypothetical chimpanzee/human hybrid. Chimpanzees and humans are closely related , leading to contested speculation that a hybrid is possible, though no specimen has ever been confirmed.-Etymology:In spite of the usual convention of portmanteau...
, hypothetical human-chimpanzee hybrids - Ape-like beings that have distinctly human traits are not uncommon in fiction, most notably in the Planet of the Apes series
- Ape-ManApe-ManApe-Man is the name of four fictional characters in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Monk Keefer first appeared in Avengers #12 , and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. He first appeared as Ape-Man in Daredevil #10-11 by Stan Lee, Bob Powell, and Wally Wood...
, a comics book character - "Apeman" (song)Apeman (song)"Apeman" is a song by the British rock band The Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies and appears on the album Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. It is 3:54 in length.-Themes:...
, a song by The Kinks - The ApemenThe ApemenThe Apemen is a Dutch surf rock band, comprising band-members from Tilburg and Rotterdam, with their base remaining in Tilburg.They have existed since the early 1990s, and has seen several changes in line-up and musical style since their beginning...
, Dutch surf rock band
See also
- The Ape WomanThe Ape WomanThe Ape Woman is a 1964 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The movie was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana a 19th-century woman exploited as a freak show attraction by her manager Theodore Lent.-Plot:The "Ape...
, a 1964 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri