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Anthropoid may refer to:

• Simian, monkeys and apes
• Anthropoides, a genus of cranes
• Operation Anthropoid, the codename for the assassination of SS-Obergruppenführer and Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia Reinhard Heydrich

[edit] See also

• Android, a human-like robot
• Arthropod

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Monkeys, apes, and humans form a subgroup of primates called the anthropoids. The well-developed collarbone, rotating shoulder joints, and partially rotating elbow joints give anthropoids skeletal strength and flexibility.