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...himself to a single theme or style. He meditates on subjects ranging from war to desire, from nature to literature. While he often employs the long, fluid lines characteristic of so much of his work, as in his poems “Brain” and “Apes,” he also tries out more chiseled, succinct forms in poems such as “Vertigo” and “Rats.” Even as he displays his virtuosity as a writer, however, Williams remains humble and unassuming, calling himself at one point...
...demand. Zhou was well versed in foreign style - at his Fujian factory, he had been producing export garments for five years, and the early designs of his own line, Septwolves, were almost identical. At the time, Chinese manufacturers seeking a reputation for quality and modernity still felt obliged to ape Western brands, as they had been doing for decades. "Like many other domestic companies, we started out aspiring for such influence," Zhou recalls...
...Well, I love animals. I have to have them in my life, dogs in particular. I just find them endlessly interesting and funny and moving. In the Al Jolson story, the first story I wrote, I had followed ape language experiments for many years—I just was interested in them. And I got to meet Coco in California many years ago, the gorilla who was taught sign language and that was a truly life-changing experience, sitting down with this gorilla who could communicate with me. Yeah, it was extraordinary. So, I’d heard about this...
...despite being "so close to the split," says White, the surprising thing is that she bears little resemblance to chimpanzees, our closest living primate relatives. The elusive common ancestor's bones have never been found, but scientists, working from the evidence available - especially analyses of Australopithecus and modern African apes - envisioned Great-Great-Grandpa to have looked most nearly like a knuckle-walking, tree-swinging ape. But "[Ardi is] not chimplike," according to White, which means that the last common ancestor probably wasn't either. "This skeleton flips our understanding of human evolution," says Kent State University anthropologist C. Owen...
...making her roughly twice as heavy as Lucy. The structure of Ardi's upper pelvis, leg bones and feet indicates she walked upright on the ground, while still retaining the ability to climb. Her foot had an opposable big toe for grasping tree limbs but lacked the flexibility that apes use to grab and scale tree trunks and vines ("Gorilla and chimp feet are almost like hands," says Lovejoy), nor did it have the arch that allowed Australopithecus and Homo to walk without lurching side to side. Ardi had a dexterous hand, more maneuverable than a chimp's, that made...