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Our old relatives this person put in an enclosure (6)

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I believe the answer is:

apemen

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'our old relatives' is the definition.
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'this person put in an enclosure' is the wordplay.
'this person' becomes 'me' (the person writing).
'put in' indicates putting letters inside.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'enclosure' becomes 'pen' (pen is a kind of enclosure).
'a'+'pen'='apen'
'me' inserted within 'apen' is 'APEMEN'.

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(Other definitions for apemen that I've seen before include "Our predecessors" , "Extinct human ancestors" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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