There is a family resemblance

Here's an interesting use of tweening: take 5 fossil skulls, use the computer to interpolate between them, and animate the results. 3.5 million years just fly by in 5 minutes.

(The sound track is a bit superfluous though—turn the sound down if you're at work)

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