Jane Goodall studied chimps. I heard her lecture many, many years ago. The Gorillas are in the Mist... and those are Dian's The Leakeys and Johanson have fought bitterly over the family tree and where to put whom (worse than a wedding between fueding families). They were not archeologists, but anthropologists. (They study man, not traces of man's civilization.) So... my guess is indeed a morphing character. It might be Michael-based, but I rather hope not. (The joints and movement are different... we don't spend much time swinging from trees.) I suspect that it is an Homonid with FBMs for Ape, Chimp, Gorilla, and perhaps 2-3 steps of proto-human (Australopithecus, Cro Magnon, Neandertal). If they can get it flexible enough to handle gibbons, monkeys, baboons, etc.. it would be extra neat. Patricia here in this forum and her husband Richard have dug for Neandertal in Israel... they'll be extra excited about this model if it is what I think it is. Carolly