Are Saiyans great apes?

Great Ape ( 大 おお
"Ape" has been used as a synonym for "monkey" or for naming any primate with a human-like appearance, particularly those without a tail. Biologists have traditionally used the term "ape" to mean a member of the superfamily Hominoidea other than humans, but more recently to mean all members of Hominoidea.
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ざる , Ōzaru, lit. "Great Monkey") is a giant, anthropomorphic, monkey-like creature that the Saiyans of Universe 7 can transform into at the full moon (or a similar object) to increase their already formidable strength tremendously.
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Are Saiyans monkeys or apes?

Sayains are space monkeys. Saiyans are non-human aliens, so to suggest any common ancestry with any species on Earth is unjustifiable. Even if they were human, a human with a tail would still not be a monkey or ape.
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Are Saiyans apes?

What's interesting here is that, in Vegeta's story, all of the Saiyans are in their Great Ape form. In order to differentiate the Super Saiyan, there's a Great Ape who has golden fur and leads the pack.
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Are Super Saiyans apes?

"Super Great Monkey"), is an alternative and far stronger type of Great Ape that is first seen in Dragon Ball Z while Vegeta is telling the story of the Super Saiyan of legend, it reappears in Dragon Ball GT when Goku turns into the form before transforming to Super Saiyan 4.
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Is Broly a Great Ape?

Great Ape Broly ( 大 おお 猿 ざる ブロリー, Ōzaru Burorī) is the Legendary Super Saiyan Great Ape form. Its user can attain the Super Saiyan 4 state. It is referred to just as Great Ape ( 大 おお 猿 ざる , Ōzaru, lit. "Great Monkey") in all media.
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Is Goku a Great Ape?

Slump remake, Goku is briefly seen as a Super Saiyan/Great Ape hybrid during the transformation. While the form is referred to as "Great Ape", apes are distinctive from monkeys due to a lack of a tail. Technically then, the form should be referred to as "Great Monkey", due to the tail.
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Why do Saiyans turn into Great Apes?

Whenever a Saiyan is exposed to the Blutz Waves of a full moon, or is able to use the Power Ball technique, the Blutz Waves are stored in their tail, allowing them to transform into the Great Ape state. In this form, they grow to about the size of a large skyscraper.
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Why do Saiyans turn into monkeys?

Absorbing the Bruits Waves through their eyes triggers a reaction within their tail that begins the transformation into a Great Monkey. This occurs because Saiyans are able to absorb the light through their eyes that creates a reaction that activates a certain gland in their tails to make the transformation occur.
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Is Great Ape stronger than Super Saiyan?

The Golden Great Ape obviously surpasses its previous form, the Great Ape, in all areas, but it is surprisingly much stronger than an SSJ3 as well. While a Saiyan is in this form, its power and strength rapidly increase and keeps increasing.
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Do Saiyans and humans have a common ancestor?

It's highly likely that Saiyans evolved from some kind of primate. This idea falls in line with current theories that humans also evolved from primates. This would mean that Saiyans and humans originated from the same ancestor species or at least a very similar one.
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Can Goten turns into a Great Ape?

The key to unlocking this ability is of course the Saiyan tail, which Trunks and Goten don't have. But why? All Saiyans are born with tails, which allow them to transform into a giant monkey called a Great Ape.
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Can Raditz go Great Ape?

However, Vegeta creates a Power Ball which allows Raditz to transform into a Great Ape.
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Why did Goten not have a tail?

Obviously half breeds can have a tail like Gohan, but Trunks and Goten didn't. Chi Chi and Bulma had them removed at birth to prevent an Oozaru crisis. In other words, Akira forgot about them.
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Who was the 1st Super Saiyan?

Vegeta in "Super Saiyan?" Yamoshi (ヤモシ, Yamoshi) is an ancient Saiyan who could transform into a Super Saiyan long before Goku could. After his death, his spirit wandered in search of six pure-hearted Saiyans, to create the ceremony that would birth the first Super Saiyan God.
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Can Saiyans grow their tails back?

A Saiyan's tail has an 8% chance of growing back, though it will not grow back if they have surpassed the power of their Great Ape form in their normal state.
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Are Saiyans immortal?

Saiyans maintain their youth a lot longer than humans do, but no they are not immortal.
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What is the False Super Saiyan?

False Super Saiyan (疑似超サイヤ人, Giji Sūpā Saiya-jin) is a Saiyan transformation that Goku takes during his battle against Lord Slug in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug.
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Is Goku a God?

Goku is also stated to be the 'God of the Dragons' as the 'First Omni-King' was said to be the most powerful dragon in existence. It is stated by Shido that Goku can easily erase Erion and also his former and most powerful incarnation the Fallen by only in his base and Super Saiyan forms.
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Why does Turles look like Goku?

In the film itself, Turles says that he looks like Goku because they are low-class and because the low-class don't have many distinct physical looks. Turles wears gray and black Battle Armor.
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Why is Raditz hair so long?

Therefore Raditz's hair must have something to do with a recessive gene. Goku goes more primal in this state and also emphasises this long hair gene. The only other SSJ3 we've seen is Gotenks. We don't know how fusion works completely, but Goten would also have this gene.
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What if Raditz turned good?

The series is literally titled "What if Raditz Turned Good," so this was somewhat of a given. Adaptational Jerkass: Vegeta in this version. His rivalry with Raditz brings out the worst in him and, due to a few changed events, he doesn't learn humility. Even when Bra is on the way to be born, he hardly seems to care.
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Is ssj4 stronger than SSB?

Super Saiyan Blue, however, is a stage beyond. It stands to reason, then, that Super Saiyan Blue as a form is significantly stronger than Super Saiyan 4. It would be like comparing Goku's base form to his first Super Saiyan form in terms of power.
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Do all Saiyans have tails?

Of course, Dragon Ball fans would go on to learn that every Saiyan in Universe 7 is born with a tail. The appendage is a took which Saiyans use their entire lives, and it even allows them to tap into their Great Ape power on full moons.
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