humanlike

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Recent Examples of humanlike Once upon a time, scholars thought that human evolution was a march of progress in which our forebears evolved in linear fashion from an apelike ancestor to a series of increasingly humanlike forms. Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanlike
Adjective
  • The company has recently added a few humanoid robot developers to its client roster.
    Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The model, which is the UK’s first humanoid robot for industrial use, is designed to perform complex tasks in logistics, retail and manufacturing.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Therefore, human accessibility experts and user testers with disabilities must always be kept in the loop.
    Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The process starts with stem cells derived from human adipose (fat) tissue that is ethically sourced from a research lab in Texas (the people donating the tissue are healthy, consenting adults getting liposuction).
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Researchers also identified two tiny fragments of hominid skull as belonging to H. erectus, an ancient human ancestor.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
  • If the researchers can extend their findings to earlier spheroids found in Africa, from the Oldowan stone industry, then the balls could serve as some of the first evidence of hominid intelligence.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023

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“Humanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanlike. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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