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The bloody final battle between humans and apes was the climax of this summer's blockbuster Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But how did Fox capture a human-vs.-animal showdown on the legendary Golden Gate Bridge? More »
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Before it became a magazine, The Futurist was launched as a newsletter in 1967. The second issue was released in April of that year and is filled with some amazing predictions of yestermorrow. The "cover story," if you will, is by Glenn T. Seaborg (the dude who discovered plutonium in 1941) and is titled "Women and the Year 2000." More »
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With the seventh addition to the Planet of the Apes franchise around the corner, it's time to take a minute and revisit the original Apes films. Which one is your favorite? And what does that reveal about your personality? More »
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We've got over 4 minutes of excellent ape footage that humanizes poor chimp Caesar — and makes Stargate's David Hewlett look like a galloping jackass. Rodney McKay, you leave that nice man alone. More »
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Could another species someday replace us as Earth's dominant intelligent life and, if so, which species? To answer that question, we need to understand just what intelligence really is. And why, from an evolutionary standpoint, an organism would even want it. More »
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Orangutans, the most distant of our great ape relatives, changed less in 15 million years than our species has in 200,000. And yet orangutans also have tremendous genetic diversity, an apparent contradiction that has created a strange evolutionary riddle. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5744132&view=rss&microfeed=true Paul Di Filippo, the mastermind of the weird and mind-expanding, has created a fascinating world of counterfeit faces and the ape cops who bust them. Watch him read "Pocketful of Faces" here. (Warning: auto-launches somewhat loudly.) More »
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Take a look at Andy Serkis in the mocap suit he'll be sporting while he plots his domination over all of mankind. Rise of the Apes is the origins story of Caesar, the world's most devious ape. More »
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X-Men's William Stryker is about to get even more evil. Brian Cox has joined Rise of the Apes as "villainous owner of a primate sanctuary" who doesn't take great care of his primates. Fox's Twitter has confirmed the deal. [TheWrap] More »
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Charlton Heston's ape overlords may have spoken English, but telling those damn dirty apes to get their stinking paws off of you can be said in any tongue. Here are Planet of the Apes comic covers from around the globe. More »
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The prequel to Planet Of The Apes has found its director. Brit Rupert Wyatt, whose last movie was 2008's prison-break caper The Escapist, has taken the spot, according to a report on Deadline Hollywood. No start date has been announced. More »
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Nikita's star has been cast... and it's not Maggie Q. The Cape gets a supervillain, and Transformers 3 may lose a key human castmember. Plus tons of details on Doctor Who's season opener and the Planet Of The Apes prequel! More »
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Chet Phillips imagines an alternate Victorian Era that's not only filled with rayguns and steam-powered contraptions, but also shows that technology being operated by furry-faced monkeys. More »
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Panbanisha is a prolific painter whose works have sold for hundreds of dollars. She also happens to be a bonobo, one of many apes learning language skills at the Great Ape Trust. To raise money for ape conservation work, the Trust is auctioning off paintings created by Panbanisha and the other ape artists-in-residence. Click through to see a gallery of primate paintings and watch the bonobo’s creative process. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5095426&view=rss&microfeed=true The best parts of Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake are like a simian version of 300 . The giant ape army looks totally badass, and the "running apes" special effect still looks cutting-edge. Few films since then have used CGI to create such a convincing non-human society. And the explosion, with the apes raining from the sky, is priceless. Too bad the rest of 2001's POTA was so boring we ended up grooming ourselves for long stretches. More »
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