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The Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen has been working on his Strandbeest since 1990. The Strandbeest is an artificial lifeform made of plastic tubes that acts like a skeleton and moves like a living creature, propelled by wind power. Over the course of 30 years, the Strandbeest has evolved, becoming more advanced in movement, growing in size, and able to walk and fly quickly. Strandbeest https://www.strandbeest.com/evolution Jansen divides the evolution of artificial life from when he first conceived it to when Strandbeests will fly in 2021 into 13 periods: ◆01: Pregluton 1986-1989 Jansen cited the earliest stage of Strandbeest as the urge he had around 1986 to