apeman

/ ˈeɪpˌmæn /

noun

1. any of various extinct apelike primates thought to have been the forerunners, or closely related to the forerunners, of modern man

Example Sentences

Yes, Tarzana Street in Encino is named for the wild-child apeman created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, who bought Mil Flores, the 540-acre Encino ranch of Harrison Gray Otis with the fortune Tarzan made.

From Los Angeles Times

The model ships, drawings, sketches, costume tests, helmets, props, walls of index cards and apeman suits are what one expects from an exhibit like this, but what grabbed me most was a special section dedicated to the stargate sequence.

From The Guardian

Slip and the Bowery Boys foil a madman out to put Sach’s brain in an apeman.

From Los Angeles Times

In the early “Dawn of Man” sequences, Moonwatcher the apeman is inspired – by an alien monolith – to pick up a bone to use as a weapon, thus triggering an intellectual evolution that ends 4 million years later in modern humans and their propensity for war.

From The Guardian

“The Legend of Tarzan” is set for a collision course this weekend when the David Yates-directed apeman reboot swings into 3,450 locations.

From Salon