Gallery: Darwin's Creepiest Experiment Brought Back to Life

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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Platysma, corrugator supercillii, depressed lower jaw __Darwin's description:__ Frightened, agonized __Today's consensus:__ Horrified/shocked
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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Corrugator supercillii (right side) __Darwin's description:__ Suffering __Today's consensus:__ Split between sad, concerned, and frantic
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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Zygomaticus minor (left side), corrugator supercilli __Darwin's description:__ Crying from grief __Today's consensus:__ Confused
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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Zygomatici majores, corrugatores supercilli __Darwin's description:__ Laughter __Today's consensus:__ Happy
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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Depressor anguli oris __Darwin's description:__ Grief and despair __Today's consensus:__ Sad
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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Zygomaticus minor (left side), zygomaticus major (right side) __Darwin's description:__ Half face crying, half laughing __Today's consensus:__ Happy
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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Frontal and depressors of the mandible __Darwin's description:__ Surprise __Today's consensus:__ Surprise
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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Platysma and the frontal, depressed lower jaw __Darwin's description:__ Terror __Today's consensus:__ Fearful/surprise and horror
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    __Muscles galvanized:__ Platysma, corrugatores supercilli, depressed lower jaw __Darwin's description:__ Agony, torture, and fright __Today's consensus:__ Angry/shocked
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