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A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine..
Only above the eyebrows, where the sloping forehead and low, curved skull of the ape-man were in sharp contrast to the broad brow and magnificent cranium of the European, could one see any marked difference.
How may we judge him, by what standards, this ape-man with the heart and head and body of an English gentleman, and the training of a wild beast?
Like countless other ape men, this Tarzan (who is voiced by Tony Goldwyn, but looks like a dreadlocked Calvin Klein model) is raised to feral hunkdom by a gorilla couple, Kala (Glenn Close) and Kerchak (Lance Henrikson), who disagree on the appropriateness of introducing human children to the brute society of American-accented apes.
Human Nature has as its hero a caged ape man, and, like him, it has been hanging around for quite a while awaiting release.
Apes leap to and fro, ape men swing from trees, and even a giant, menacing spider gets in on the act.
Weissmuller introduced the Ape Man's famous victory cry, a recorded blend of a soprano's high C, a hyena howl played backwards, a camel's bleat, the twang of a violin string and an Olympic hero bellowing at the top of his voice. It was echoed in neighbourhoods from Cardiff to California, followed by the sound of snapping arms and legs as kids toppled from trees, casualty departments packed with failed young ape men.
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Ape man means A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine..
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Only above the eyebrows, where the sloping forehead and low, curved skull of the ape-man were in sharp contrast to the broad brow and magnificent cranium of the European, could one see any marked difference.
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