Anthropoid Sarcophagi, From Sidon, 5th Century BC, National Museum Of Beirut, Lebanon - 49569524531
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Anthropoid means 'ape/human feature' and may refer to: *
Simian The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) and Catarrhi ...
, monkeys and apes (anthropoids, or suborder
Anthropoidea The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) and Catarrhi ...
, in earlier classifications) *
Anthropoid apes The Hominidae (), whose members are known as the great apes or hominids (), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: '' Pongo'' (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); ''Gorilla'' (the easte ...
- apes that are closely related to humans (e.g., former family Pongidae and sometimes also
Hylobatidae Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical rainforest from eastern Bangladesh to Northeast India ...
and their extinct relatives) *''
Anthropoides ''Grus'' is a genus of large birds in the crane family. The genus ''Grus'' was erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The name ''Grus'' is the Latin word for "crane". The German ornithologist Peter Simon Pallas was s ...
'', a genus of cranes *
Operation Anthropoid On 27 May 1942 in Prague, Reinhard Heydrichthe commander of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), acting governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and a principal architect of the Holocaustwas attacked and wounded in an assassinatio ...
, the codename for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, SS-Obergruppenführer and Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia **
Operation Anthropoid Memorial The Operation Anthropoid Memorial is a monument in Libeň, Prague that commemorates Operation Anthropoid, an ambush on senior Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovakian partisans on 27 May 1942 which resulted in his death one week later. ...
, Libeň, Prague, Czech Republic ** ''Anthropoid'' (film), a 2016 film based on Operation Anthropoid *In
pelvimetry Pelvimetry is the measurement of the female pelvis. It can theoretically identify cephalo-pelvic disproportion, which is when the capacity of the pelvis is inadequate to allow the fetus to negotiate the birth canal. However, clinical evidence ind ...
, one of four types of human female pelvis *Anthropoid animals, fictional creatures in the Japanese visual novel game ''
Wanko to Kurasō is a Japanese eroge visual novel game created by Ivory, which was originally released on March 14, 2006, for Windows. An English translation of ''Wanko to Kurasō'' was released on November 20, 2008. Plot It is set in Japan, in a world parallel ...
'' *Anthropoid robots, mostly referred to as
androids An android is a humanoid robot or other artificial being often made from a flesh-like material. Historically, androids were completely within the domain of science fiction and frequently seen in film and television, but advances in robot techno ...
meaning human-like robots


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Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...
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Anthrobotics Anthrobotics is the science of developing and studying robots that are either entirely or in some way human-like. The term ''anthrobotics'' was originally coined by Mark Rosheim in a paper entitled "Design of An Omnidirectional Arm" presented at th ...
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Anthropod (disambiguation) Anthropod may refer to: *Anthropod, a podcast published by the Society for Cultural Anthropology *"Anthropod", a track on the experimental rock music album '' Experiment Below'', by Hovercraft *"Anthropod", by Front Line Assembly from '' WarMech' ...
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Arthropod Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...
, the animal phylum including insects, arachnids, and crustaceans *
Humanoid A humanoid (; from English ''human'' and ''-oid'' "resembling") is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics. The earliest recorded use of the term, in 1870, referred to indigenous peoples in areas colonized by Europeans. By the 20t ...
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