DART'S discovery in 1924 of the fossil ape of Taungs, which he named Australopithecus ... different in structure from those of the living anthropoids, and closely similar to those of man.

New perspectives on anthropoid origins Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107 (11), 4797-4804 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908320107 Related Topics PRIMATES ...

A previously unknown anthropoid primate -- a forerunner of today's monkeys, apes and humans -- has been found in Libya. Researchers have dubbed their new find Apidium zuetina. During upheaval in ...

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fictional anthropoid apes were likewise possessed of remarkable strength. Even Jules Verne’s gentle ape, Jupiter, had the muscle to drag a stuck wagon from the mire.