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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Alistair Pike ? The discovery brings researchers one step closer to understanding how it is that humans developed art and language and religion — the types of symbolic and cultural expressions that have always been thought to elevate humans from other species  said archaeologist  Alistair Pike  of Britain’s University of Southampton  who was part of the research team.
“It’s almost the definition of being human ”  Pike  told The Washington Post. “It’s how we define ourselves as different from other animals and primates  having language and cultural expression. There’s been a lot of work trying to understand where in Homo sapiens’s lineage did we first become symbolic individuals?”
Perhaps   Pike  said   it  started with Neanderthals.
Still  Stringer stressed that there is still not definite proof of Neanderthals’ ability to make figurative art — of animals and people — because the animals the researchers found on the paintings in Spain have uncertain origins.  Pike  said  it  was not entirely clear whether humans may have stumbled upon the Neanderthal paintings and simply added to them with the vague animal drawings  or if they were a part of the original Neanderthal designs; the researchers have not yet dated them   he  said.
The discovery that they did not  in fact  need the help of modern humans puts Neanderthals and humans on a more level playing field   Pike  said  given that tens of thousands of years ago  modern humans weren’t all that sophisticated either. The end goal with this research  he said  is to understand how the brain became wired for symbolic expression — but that’s going to require a lot more cave discoveries.
“If we’re going to try to find out when we started thinking like humans  we’re going to have to go back further in time ”  Pike  said. “What we’re interested in is when the brain became modern  and that’s a really difficult thing to get at. You can see how big it was by looking at the size of the skull  but it’s really hard to know how it was wired inside. If the use of symbols and symbolic behavior can be used as a proxy for how the brain was wired  then we can understand how the brain evolved.”
The Neanderthals went extinct about 5 000 years after humans arrived in Europe. The suspected causes have ranged from climate change that affected available food to competition with modern humans. As research moves forward   Pike  said  it may be useful to keep in mind that perhaps humans and Neanderthals were not as different as we thought.
“There’s always been a sense that all this expression  this art  arrived with modern humans  and Neanderthals might have been copying them in the very late period of their existence ”  Pike  said. But wouldn’t it be interesting if it was in fact the other way around? Modern humans may have landed on the moon — but they started out in the same place as Neanderthals.”
Positive

What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Oscar Grant ? The two first joined forces in an indie film turned critical darling called Fruitvale Station  which documented the life of  22-year old Oscar Grant  before he was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day in 2009. It was a deeply personal  gut-wrenching look at  Grant's  death  and it gave a face to a polarizing debate about race and authority in America — humanizing one the biggest national discussions of its time.
If you missed Fruitvale  which is highly possible if you're not attuned to Bay Area news or if you don't keep up with film festival darlings  it was Coogler's directorial debut that starred Jordan  Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. The film served as a biopic that centered on the day before  Grant  was shot  shedding light on  his  relationships   his  friends  and  his  past.
The entirety of the movies focuses on the intimate details of  his  life  like  his  relationship with young daughter  or how  he 'd recently lost  his  job. It goes so far as to show how  he  interacts with strangers  like  his  warm conversations about marriage with a couple  he 'd just met  or how  he  runs into the middle of traffic to comfort a dog that'd just been hit by a car.
 Oscar Grant's death in 2009  proved to be one of the biggest moments in the debate about police brutality  race  and authority.  It  sparked sprawling protests throughout Oakland  and became one of the most formative events in that city's recent history. The trial over his death later sparked outrage  some arguing that  it  made Grant's life a political fulcrum  including Coogler.
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kyle Hendricks ? Regardless of what happens in Thursday night's glorified exhibition game   Kyle Hendricks  is the Cubs best option to start Game 1 next Friday in Washington. If the Cubs are going to beat the Nationals  they will need all five games.
 Hendricks  has a 2.39 ERA in 12 starts since returning from the disabled list. If the Cubs need a starter to pitch Games 1 and 5   Hendricks  gives them the best option against Nationals ace Max Scherzer.
There's understandable interest in starting a left-hander to combat Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy  but  Hendricks  has limited left-handed hitters to a .245 batting average.  His  array of pitches can keep opposing batters — left and right — off balance.
 Hendricks  has pitched in  his  share of big games  most recently beating Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers in the clinching game of the 2016 NL Championship Series and starting Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.
"( Hendricks ) pitched Game 7 of the World Series with ice in his veins " Anthony Rizzo said.

Positive