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Microsoft, for example, has reduced itself to heckling Google with two campaigns: «Scroogled,» about the alleged evils of Google's e-mail advertising policy (something that consumers have met with a shrug ever since Gmail's introduction nearly a decade ago); and the «Bing It On Challenge,» in which people on the street pick the search results they like best (which apes the old Pepsi Challenge — a campaign that defined Pepsi by what it isn't, and thus condemned it to being Coke's bridesmaid forever).

I am just pointing out that IF there were a god with even sort of the resume Jehovah has been said to have, ie omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent, and if this god somehow cranked out a human son, that son wouldn't act like the drunken alpha ape described in Revelations.

Further it undermines our Christian belief in original sin — as described by Paul — by replacing our original parents — Adam and Eve — with some unsubstantiated notion of descending from ape - like creatures in Africa.

During the period when these remarkable evolutionary changes were taking place, other closely related ape - like species changed only very slowly, and with far less remarkable results.

In any event, the actual answer to your query will be lost on you, but apes and humans had a common ancestor that was indeed more like modern apes in many ways (especially with respect to cognitive development), but identical to no modern species.

I did like the take on some being «uncomfortable» with relation to other apes... «how about our relationship to trees?»

Capitalist — well, the problem with you people who believe the «six days and a talking snake» theory of terrestrial biological origins is you throw out a ridiculous comment like «well, if men came from apes, why are there still apes» then, when challanged, claim the responder is being elitist.

But if talking apes looks anything like what we've seen in the movies then we are fine with this scientific development taking as long as possible.

Oddly enough, here in America, we get to choose and aren't you going to be crying in Sacrament meeting when your silly Romney with the Ape - like arms (I mean look at the picture!

There are many transitional fossils: reptiles to birds (like Sinosauropteryx, Caudipteryx, Protarchaeopteryx), mammal to whale fossils (whale fossils have been found with legs, like Rodhocetus and Basilosaurus), and yes, even ape - to - human fossils (like Australopithecus afarensis, Homo habilis, and Homo erectus).

Like the other Great Apes, we spend our lives with a vertical posture.

People don't like Peter Mandelson or his methods, I'm sure Gordon Brown is eager to offload him and his spin which in the 1980's and first half of the 1990's helped Labour but really became the news and was not popular and hastened the fall in Labour support from 1997 to 2003, with the possible exception of David Laws these are all yesterdays men and David Cameron is severely mistaken if he thinks he can win by aping Tony Blair.

The study shows that great apes, like humans, can store and retrieve precise information in their long - term memories, and anticipate impending events, a cognitive skill that likely helps them deal with social intrigue and avoid danger.

At approximately 5.7 million years, they are younger than the oldest known fossil hominin, Sahelanthropus from Chad, and contemporary with Orrorin from Kenya, but more than a million years older than Ardipithecus ramidus with its ape - like feet.

The footprints are approximately 5.7 million years old and were made at a time when previous research puts our ancestors in Africa — with ape - like feet.

After studying casts of the Laetoli prints for decades, scientists decided that A. afarensis, though a primitive hominin, walked with a surprisingly modern gait that was not like an ape's.

Most Old World monkeys and apes are social, and some species, like the mandrills, can live in groups with up to 800 members, said co-author Jessica Lynch Alfaro, an adjunct assistant professor in the UCLA Department of Anthropology and UCLA's Institute for Society and Genetics.

For now, there is no way to know whether Graecopithecus jaws and teeth belonged to an ape with some hominid - like features or a hominid with some apelike features, says paleoanthropologist Bernard Wood of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. «My guess is the former.»

After taking measurements and collecting observations on nine living primate species, including humans, Carrier concluded that the living apes with the shortest legs for their body size, like gorillas and orangutans, are those that spend the least time in trees.

Eyes set wide like a gorilla's and a heavy browridge level with the top of the skull suggest an ape.

Apes» molars are more bulbous, without sharp tips, whereas monkey molars look like two loaves of bread side by side with bladelike crests.

The study challenges a long - held assumption that the last common ancestor (or LCA) of humans and apes - the identity of which is still a matter of debate - would have resembled a chimpanzee with hands like modern - day chimps.

It was a controversial interpretation for many, as it contradicted religious beliefs about human origins; the short, stocky limb bones and the skull's oversized brow suggested an ape - like ancestor that did not fit in with the biblical idea of God's creation.

This pattern of extended male growth, termed bimaturism, is common in apes that possess a harem - like group structure, with a single, dominant adult male, many adult females, juveniles and infants.

Under this scheme, Java Man, especially if reconstructed with gibbon - like body proportions, had an index of 1/2, which placed it nicely in the gap between apes and humans.

Now married with a 6 - year - old son, the family indulges in geeky events like «Planet of the Apes» screenings and at - home «Lord of the Rings (Extended Edition)» movie marathons.

Megamind, like Shrek, appears to revolve around the assumption that there really are no more stories worth telling that haven't already been told; as such, this movie subsists upon aping superior tales of yesteryear with all of the overwrought self - awareness of writers who just recently learned the meaning of «meta» (but haven't watched nearly enough contemporary movies to realize that the tactic has already been done to death).

«Lucy» opens with this line and shows an alleged pre-human ape - like creature (Lucy) drinking water from a stream.

It's clear immediately that filmmaker Peter Berg is looking to ape the feel and tone of Paul Greengrass» work, as Deepwater Horizon boasts a documentary - like feel that's heightened by its low - key performances and general lack of context - with scripters Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, in terms of the latter, delivering dialogue that tends to emphasize authenticity over exposition (ie much of this stuff sounds as though it was pulled directly from real - life transcripts).

Nobody could do anything with this ridiculous conceit, but asking Mr. Keaton, one of our most volatile actors, to play Bruce Wayne / Batman is like asking him to put on an ape suit and play the title role in «King Kong.»

Unlike video game adaptations like the Tomb Raider series or Assassins Creed, which have to contend with years of accreted mythos and complicated character - building, Rampage was always going to be on pretty safe ground, as long as it featured a giant ape, lizard, and wolf pounding some buildings to powder.

[Note: In the same year, Planet of the Apes (1968) was given a Special Honorary Oscar for John Chambers» outstanding, convincing makeup (there was no Best Makeup category until 1981)- the Academy members presumably didn't realize the superior, too - believable makeup in the opening scenes of 2001 that included both human actors with life - like masks and infant chimpanzees.]

When an ignored little boy bonds with Bigfoot and discovers the human - like ape is in danger, he finds the courage to stand up to those bigger than him to save the creature and set his new friend free.

They talk about the movies — new stuff like «The Graduate,» «Bonnie and Clyde,» «Planet of the Apes» — but a retired doorman played by Anthony Hopkins explicitly invokes the model for «Bobby» and and its ilk: «Grand Hotel,» the 1932 picture with Greta Garbo and an all - star cast.

Oldman just acts confused, like he didn't realize until too late that he was co-starring with a bunch of mo - cap apes.

But while Malcolm and his family come to a slow understanding with the apes, the other humans, like Malcolm's co-leader Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) are not nearly as trusting.

Partitioned into chapters with names like «Ink» or «Apes,» Grandma runs a brisk 79 minutes.

The jungle is far behind him: he's a Lord, polished and serious but still with ape - like hands that would impress even Donald Trump.

Kebbell was recently in WRATH OF THE TITANS and will be taking on the role of one of the apes in DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES while Domhnall Gleeson, son of actor Brendan Gleeson, has been mixing up his genre films with roles in the likes of DREDD, ABOUT TIME, and TRUE Gapes in DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES while Domhnall Gleeson, son of actor Brendan Gleeson, has been mixing up his genre films with roles in the likes of DREDD, ABOUT TIME, and TRUE GAPES while Domhnall Gleeson, son of actor Brendan Gleeson, has been mixing up his genre films with roles in the likes of DREDD, ABOUT TIME, and TRUE GRIT.

San Andreas actually apes The Day After Tomorrow so closely that at times, it feels like Cuse just took the latter film's script, cut - and - replaced all instances of «storm» with «earthquake» and «runs from cold» with «runs from opening fissures,» and called it a day — like Tomorrow, the film centers on a father's unlikely determination to cross a disaster zone to save an adult child, with only a minimal idea of where his kid might be in a city approaching a population of 1 million.

It looks like Blade Runner 2049 and War for the Planet of the Apes took the sound editing awards that we usually use to measure comparisons with Sound Editing, right?

This is I suppose part of the attempt at aping Westerns lying buried in the screenplay (though Westerns never unequivocally adored guns as much as this one seems too, even the movies named after guns like Anthony Mann's Winchester» 73), just as Harrelson's character is supposed to recall Long John Silver or something (though with his unfortunate haircut all he reminds me of is Nazi buffoon Richard Spencer).

The dilemma for the apes is even more complex, especially with human - dubious lieutenants like Koba (Toby Kebbell) questioning Caesar's every decision and pushing for war.

At times the mixing and clashing works, as in the first act, where Spielberg apes Kubrick with alarming accuracy in the chilly, clinical tone and sterile environments; and it's hard to imagine the famously cynical Kubrick being able to pull off the wallop that a proven button - pusher like Spielberg brings to the aforementioned David / Monica scene.

And though an Alien gag is priceless, recapturing a little of the dada sensibility that gives Brooks's early work its immediacy *, it, like references to the «Star Trek» transporter and the money shot of Planet of the Apes, presumes to lump Star Wars in with hard (er) sci - fi, which seems a rather philistine thing to do.

20th Century Fox has made this summer feel a lot like summer 2011, with the satisfying follow - ups to its X-Men and Planet of the Apes reboots each again emerging as the cream of the crop.

A Quiet Place feels like a conscious attempt by Paramount to ape the Blumhouse blueprint, much like A24, another fleet and industrious production company, which has achieved critical inroads with idiosyncratic horror - adjacent movies such as The Witch, A Ghost Story and It Comes at Night.

Even the art style for the most part chases the ever - elusive photoreality, with Rajinikanth - as - Rana closely (as possible) resembling his modern day flesh - and - blood appearance, and the grandiose settings aping what the likes of Cecil B. DeMille achieved practically in the Hollywood historical epics of yesteryear.

On Sunday, Nov. 12, SFFILM offers the rare opportunity to dig deeper into motion - capture technology and how actor Andy Serkis brings characters like Planet of the Apes» Caesar and The Lord of the Rings trilogy's Gollum to life with The Art & Craft of War for the Planet of the Apes with Andy Serkis and Joe Letteri.