Humans Closest Relative Crossword Clue

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	noun • any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all • someone who copies the words or behavior of another • person who resembles a nonhuman primate verb • imitate uncritically and in every aspect • represent in or produce a caricature of
	50%	7		Closest relative to humans
	noun • largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
	47%	10		Closest living relative to humans
	noun • intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

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