Regardless of the precise cause, Tocheri says: «It provides further support for the hypothesis that australopithecines... actually used their hands in more humanlike ways.» (sciencemag.org)
Summary: A young programmer (Caleb) wins a trip to visit a computer genius's (Nathan) compound where he will get to administer a Turing test (designed to test whether a machine is capable of humanlike intelligence) to a potentially sentient robot (Ava). (sciencemag.org)
Previous work has shown a discomfort with humanlike robots, with people ascribing more emotions to them. (sciencemag.org)