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Then he found a still larger jaw, the biggest ever discovered, which was unmistakably human. It was apparently the most primitive truly human fossil ever discovered. Koenigswald named it Meganthropus palaeojavanicus (Big Man of Ancient Java). Meganthropus seemed to have been about the size of a big male gorilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Giants in Those Days | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

...lost his mind when a slumming, crisply clad, attractive woman passenger, appalled (and excited) by his looks and language, recoiled and called him "the filthy beast!" At large ashore, he treated society much as an articulate King Kong might, and wound up in the killing embrace of a zoo gorilla. As played by Louis Wolheim on the stage, the Ape thrilled audiences and even critics out of their wits. As played by William Bendix on the screen, he goes through a great many of the same motions without ever getting anywhere or meaning very much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jun. 19, 1944 | 6/19/1944 | See Source »

Honduras is ruled by massive President Tiburcio Carias, whose gorilla-like arms in their prime could break a rifle in two. He started as a revolutionist in 1892, attained the presidency in 1933. Hated by his people, he is on excellent terms with the U.S. fruit companies which dominate the economy of his country. Up to now he has quelled every revolt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EL SALVADOR: Latin America, May 22, 1944 | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

...Damn you, you'll kiss first.' 'I will like hell' She put her arms around me, tightened. Then she kissed me, and I kissed back. 'You were slow enough.' 'I was wondering what you wanted.' 'I wanted you, you big gorilla. Ever since you came in there this morning. . . .' " She discovers Leonard's baritone. And Leonard discovers what a terrible singer his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dingy Storyteller | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

...Diego's Balboa Park Zoo, there was a quiet shift in emphasis: two horses marked for slaughter now pull a plow in the victory garden. Top billing at San Diego still goes to Ngagi, the slow, silent, 639-lb. gorilla. Ngagi's cage mate, Mbongo (645 lb.), died last year; he now has a lady friend, a mere shrimp named Kenya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WARTIME LIVING: Zoos for Morale | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

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