reptilian

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Penn appeared as a reptilian lawyer in the 1993 thriller "Carlito's Way," before saying he was retiring from acting to direct, and making 1995's "The Crossing Guard" with Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

"I have been working on the evolution of reptilian heads and noses since my master's degree," he said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026

The species of crocodylomorph roamed Earth about 215 million years ago during the Triassic period and is believed to have been a fast-moving, land-dwelling predator resembling a "reptilian greyhound".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

It turns the human brain into a reptilian one and activates the sympathetic nervous system, putting us into fight-or-flight mode — the same one we can get stuck in when we’re chronically lonely.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025

Capping the brainstem is the R-complex, the seat of aggression, ritual, territoriality and social hierarchy, which evolved hundreds of millions of years ago in our reptilian ancestors.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan