Naked Ape Meaning

(idiomatic, often humorous) A human being.

Example: 1969, David H. Stewart, "The Decline of WASP Literature in America," College English, vol. 30, no. 6, p. 412:
  What, after all, can a poor naked ape do?
2003, M. Pagel and W. Bodmer, "A Naked Ape Would Have Fewer Parasites," Proceedings: Biological Sciences, Vol. 270, Supplement: Biology Letters, p. S117:
  Humans are unique among the monkeys and apes in lacking a dense layer of hair covering their bodies.
2006 April 3, Greg Levine, "Anheuser, Pepsi CEOs Face New Labor Cost: Chimps," forbes.com (retrieved 16 Aug. 2011):
  Anheuser-Busch ads have played up the similarities between ape and naked ape—with the lower primates usually looking better.