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"Apeman" is a non-scientific term that can allude to several things that generally have some of the traits of both other apes and humans:
- Tarzan, sometimes referred to as an "Apeman"
- Early humans (such as Neanderthal) and hominids; other caveman and "missing link" stereotypes in popular culture
- Cryptozoological creatures like Bigfoot and Yeti
- Humanzee, hypothetical human-chimpanzee hybrids
- Ape-like beings that have distinctly human traits are not uncommon in fiction. Well known examples are:
- the Mangani in the Tarzan fictional stories
- the different ape-men species from Kull's Thurian Age and Conan's Hyborian Age
- the evolved apes in the Planet of the Apes franchise
- Ape-Man, a comics book character
- "Apeman" (song), a 1970 song by The Kinks
- The Apemen, a Dutch surf rock band
See also
- The Ape Woman, a 1964 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri
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