Sentences with phrase «like apes who»

Like the apes who discovered weaponry in «2001: A Space Odyssey,» Plainview has come upon the object that will dictate America's destiny for the next century and more.»

Specifically, would the chimp - like apes who began to evolve into humans between 7 and 5 million years ago still be swinging in their trees?

Not exact matches

Don't misunderstand me; some evolutionists (particularly some of the neo-atheists like Richard Dawkins, who argues in his new book people who don't believe in evolution are on the same level as Holocaust deniers) have gone ape over their theory (forgive the pun) to the point that they seem to forget it is a theory, and refer to it as if it is an undeniable scientific fact.

They in turn stem from creatures who were much more like apes, who in turn seem to have come from monkey - like beings.

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.

And of course there are millions who really, really act, behave and conduct themselves, like if they really are the offspring of some ape like creatures.

It would be nice to imagine Mark Emmert — the man who earns $ 1.6 million a year to slap the controls of the NCAA around like an ape frantically smashing the buttons of a nuclear missile silo — as someone competent.

For more than a million years their australopithecine predecessors — Lucy and her kind, who walked upright like us yet still possessed the stubby legs, tree - climbing hands and small brains of their ape forebears — had thrived in and around the continent's forests and woodlands.

When Skinner and his colleagues looked at the metacarpals of early human species and neanderthals — who also used stone flakes for tasks like scraping and butchering — they found bone ends that were shaped like modern human bones, and unlike ape bones.

Matthew Tocheri, who is Canada Research Chair in Human Origins at Lakehead University, told Discovery News that the new study makes a convincing case that «australopiths were not only capable of using their hands in more human - like ways than living great apes, but also that they actually used their hands in more human - like ways.

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In addition to its gamified grid - based matching system, which doesn't ape the swiping mechanism of Tinder like many other dating apps, on each grid of four, ooOo ® also tells users how many people on the screen liked them, but doesn't reveal who.

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).

Along the way they get in a number of sticky situations (sticky, it should be noted, in every possible sense of the word) involving, among others, a gang of female jewel thieves who look like they've jumped straight from the pages of Maxim magazine, a wonderful orangutan named Suzanne, and a bumbling wildlife marshal who's after the ape.

But there is one thing I do grasp: when New Line Cinema puts Dwayne Johnson and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in a movie where giant mutated apes who like to play practical jokes fight giant flying wolves and enormous armor - plated crocodiles, it is entitled to no less than three hundred million of your box office dollars.

Sure it's got James Franco, but the real star of the movie is Andy Serkis, whose motion - capture computer - enhanced performance as a smart ape named Caesar just won him an acting nomination alongside actors like Nick Nolte and Christopher Plummer, who didn't act standing in front of a greenscreen in a bodysuit.

Ape and his faithful elephant Shep (who thanks to clever special effects acts exactly like an enthusiastic dog) are his primary companions until one day George rescues sexy San Francisco socialite Ursula Stanhope (Leslie Mann) from a deadly situation.

But leaving Christmas presents under the tree for someone who doesn't exist — like Planet of the Apes writers Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa did for trilogy lead character Caesar — is going the extra mile.

Rather than escape from a burning house by walking out the front door (this is an ape who has twice pushed a van off a cliff to hide evidence of a murder), Link inexplicably decides to climb to the roof and strut around like a complete... well, like a complete Jane.

Some other performers were ultimately decided to be a little too well - established, like «Selma» big noise David Oyelowo, Spirit Award - nominated «Nightcrawler» secret weapon Riz Ahmed (previously seen being excellent in «Four Lions,» among others), former child star Gaby Hoffman, «Downton Abbey ««s Michelle Dockery and Dan Stevens, «Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes» villain Toby Kebbell, «Whiplash ««s Miles Teller, «Fury ««s Logan Lerman, and «Gloria ««s Paulina Garcia, who we included on this list last year.

It's starting to look like Fox, producers, and star Channing Tatum have finally started to contact directors to replace Rupert Wyatt (Rise of The Planet of The Apes), who recently exited their X-Men spin - off Gambit.

It was clear that Blakeson was set for a Christopher Nolan - style career path, moving from low - budget indie thriller to bigger - scale films, but, like fellow Brit Rupert Wyatt, who went straight from the excellent «The Escapist» to the mega-budgeted «Rise of the Apes» without passing Go, Blakeson seems to be skipping a few steps, and going straight for the tentpole.

Shot like an early 2000's British single camera TV comedy, Oram's directorial debut is an off the wall journey about ape - like humans who run only on instinct, shitting on the floor, animated chickens, gender roles and the pain of losing someone.

Seems like a lot of trouble for a panic attack - prone convenience store clerk who sketches a goofy graphic novel about an adventurous ape on his downtime.

He plays a performance artist who invades a black - tie dinner party while acting like an ape, and as his behavior becomes more violent the guests go from being amused to genuinely frightened, and yet no one acts to stop it.

But Reeves counterbalances a solidly world - weary cast (including Keri Russell and Kodi Schmitt - McPhee, who, as Malcolm's frail, indie - comic - reading son, could certainly have been more annoying) against some of the strongest mo - cap effects ever put on screen, allowing Kibbell and Serkis to breathe unmistakable gravity into both Koba's vengeful sadism and Caesar's sad - eyed realization that apes and humans have more in common than he'd like to admit.

Caesar wants peaceful co-existence, but his counterpart, Colonel McCullough (Woody Harrelson), who operates like a cult leader, sees the apes as a Darwinian threat.

Ape Entertainment, who has made a name for itself in graphic digital content by developing award - winning ebooks out of some of the most popular and bestselling video games from the iTunes store, like the comic book based on Cut The Rope, has now launched its DreamWorks comics app.

Ultimately, Ape Entertainment is on a mission to increase the awareness and reach of the comic book industry as a whole; while acknowledging that part of that potential audience is looking for titles like their previous work on Pocket God, there is still a growing segment who will actively seek out the dynamic possibilities of comics that can teach through these widely recognized playful monsters.

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Finally, there is Duncan who by default has a red core with an ape - like frame.

Those players who are savvy enough can domesticate the hairy ape - like creature, don a helmet on its head, then ride on its shoulders to utilize its tremendous strength to throw them over enemy barricades and walls, adding further strategy to battles.

A fast - paced game with swipe controls so simple that even Wayne Rooney has mastered them, Temple Run puts you in the shoes of an Indiana Jones - like explorer who is desperately trying to escape a pack of angry apes.

In contrast to younger painters like Joe Bradley or Oscar Murillo who merely ape a vapid simulacrum of abstract painting's vocabulary, Jensen incorporates a larger and deeper understanding of the history of his chosen style.

The study notes that other apes and early humans in Africa who had like - minded teeth were able to adapt by eating the leaves, grass and roots that took the place of their former meals.