Anthropoid

An anthropoid is a species genus which usually relates to having characteristics of a human being or an ape, usually in terms of shape or appearance. Some alien races such as wookiees from the Star Wars franchise may be considered anthropoids due to their skeletal structure, bipedal stance and general physiology. In the Planet of the Apes television series, apes evolved into larger, more intelligent anthropoids who walked upright and could communicate verbally with one another as if they were a human.