Apes or Hominids were a type of primate found on several planets, including Earth, throughout the Milky Way Galaxy. Apes were generally larger than monkeys, had no tails, and possessed sapience.
During a fight between Jonathan Archer and Silik in 2151, where Archer commented on Silik's "genetic tricks", Silik retorted that "what you call tricks we call progress," commenting on how Archer's "genome is almost identical to that of an ape," and that "the Suliban don't share Humanity's patience with natural selection." (ENT: "Broken Bow")
As part of his racist insults, Barjan T'Or referenced Humans having evolved from apes, noting Christine Chapel had kept many of their "charming qualities." (SNW: "Spock Amok")
Lieutenant Gaetano described the appearance of the Taurus II anthropoid as being "like a giant ape." (TOS: "The Galileo Seven")
Lokai had once heard that people on some Federation planets believed that they were descended from apes. Spock clarified to him that "the actual theory is that all lifeforms evolved from the lower levels to the more advanced stages." (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
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External links
- Ape at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Ape at Wikipedia