humanzee

This was, after all, an animal she referred to as a “humanzee” — an ape who had spent his youth performing in Hollywood films like “Buddy” and “George of the Jungle.”

And Goode would ultimately play a key role in having the “humanzee” she considered her child, an ape named Tonka, removed from her home.

She defends her right to keep chimps by calling Tonka a “humanzee,” half human, half chimpanzee, and therefore happier with her than other primates.

“He was known as the ‘humanzee,’ ” Mr. Serkis said.

One could even go so far as to suggest that we are in fact a type of evolved "humanzee".