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Theoretically, therefore, it should have been possible to start with, say, an Australopithecus skull drawn on the undistorted ‘rubber’, and breed your way through creatures with progressively larger braincases and progressively shorter muzzles – progressively more human-like, in other words.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Theoretically, therefore, it should have been possible to start with, say, an Australopithecus skull drawn on the undistorted ‘rubber’, and breed your way through creatures with progressively larger braincases and progressively shorter muzzles – progressively more human-like, in other words.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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The hand, which was described as a human-like at the end of an ape-like arm, had a precision grip that could have aided in making tools, said team member Tracy Kivell, a researcher at Germany's Max Planck Institute.
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The hand, which was described as a human-like at the end of an ape-like arm, had a precision grip that could have aided in making tools, said team member Tracy Kivell, a researcher at Germany's Max Planck Institute.
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The hand, which was described as a human-like at the end of an ape-like arm, had a precision grip that could have aided in making tools, said team member Tracy Kivell, a researcher at Germany's Max Planck Institute.
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This has led some to speculate that it would have evolved into a human-like creature (One depiction reminded me of a Sleestak from "Land of the Lost") if dinos hadn't all died out.
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This has led some to speculate that it would have evolved into a human-like creature (One depiction reminded me of a Sleestak from "Land of the Lost") if dinos hadn't all died out.
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Dino Sgueglia The app, called Proloquo2Go, lets Danny touch symbols on the screen, which are then read aloud in a human-like voice through the iPad's speakers.
Giving the Gift of Voice With the Touch of a Finger Joseph De Avila 2011
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Other robots, like the ones from Hiroshi Kobayashi at the Tokyo University of Science and Hiroshi Ishiguro at Osaka University, have more human-like faces and have been tested as receptionists.
Linda Hamilton tried to warn us Tyler 2009
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Other robots, like the ones from Hiroshi Kobayashi at the Tokyo University of Science and Hiroshi Ishiguro at Osaka University, have more human-like faces and have been tested as receptionists.
Archive 2009-03-15 Tyler 2009
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