semihuman

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of semi-human.

   "In the forest," Kortlandt says, "the semihuman element in the behavior of apes faded away to a large extent."

   1967 April 21, “Behavioral Research: Rehumamized Chimps”, in TIME, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2008

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   It narrates how some skeletons were found in one of the French Departments semihuman in character, the body apish, and the skull human.

   1909 March 1, “Missing Link”, in Progress, page 171

   Four stories up, young game creators in T-shirts peck away at Silicon Graphics Inc. workstations, putting semihuman figures through movements that defy gravity and logic.

   1994 February 21, “SEGA!”, in BusinessWeek

   Somewhat like people in the ancient and medieval world, who imagined semihuman creatures standing between animal life and civilization, modern observers often assume Pygmies are Stone Age relics who exist as social fossils in the deep recesses of the equatorial forests.

   2005 September 22, John C. Yoder, “"The Pygmies Were Our Compass": Bantu and Batwa in the History of West Central Africa, Early Times to c. 1900 C.E.(Book review)”, in The Historian

plural semihumans

1. alternativeAlternative form of semi-human.