这句话省略了哪些部分?

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这句话省略了哪些部分?
They are less closely related to humans than are apes.

完整句应为:They are less closely related to humans than [they] are [related to] apes.[]内为省略部分.意思是:比起人类而言,他们更接近猿类.有趣的是,如果句子最后"are apes"换成"apes are"那意思就变成了"比起...