shameless self promotion Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 An extraordinary family who walk on all fours are being hailed as the breakthrough discovery which could shed light on the moment Man first stood upright. Scientists believe that the five brothers and sisters found in Turkey could hold unique insights into human evolution. The Kurdish siblings, aged between 18 and 34 and from the rural south, 'bear crawl' on their feet and palms. Study of the five has shown the astonishing behaviour is not a hoax and they are largely unable to walk otherwise. Researchers have found a genetic condition which accounts for their extraordinary movement. And it could provide invaluable information on how humans evolved from a four-legged hominid into a creature walking on two feet. Two of the daughters and a son have only ever walked on two palms and two feet, but another son and daughter sometimes manage to walk upright. The five can stand upright, but only for a short time, with both knees and head flexed. Their remarkable story is told in a television documentary, to be screened next week, which shows scientists studying their movement, but also their struggle to fit in with modern society. Professor Nicholas Humphrey, evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics, visited the family twice. He said: "It's amazing as an example of a strange, strange aberration of human development. But their interest is how they can live in the modern world." The five are all mentally retarded. Their mother and father, who are closely related are believed to have handed down a unique combination of genes which result in the behaviour. Some researchers argue the genetic fault has caused the brothers and sisters to regress to a form of 'backward evolution'. Others believe it has led to brain damage which has allowed them to develop the walk. Rather than walking on their knuckles, like gorillas or chimpanzees, they walk on the palms of their hands, with their fingers spread upwards. Scientists believe this may be the way hominids moved to protect their fingers for more delicate movements. Prof Humphrey said he thought the family had reverted to an instinctive form of behaviour encoded deep in the brain but abandoned during evolution. He said: "I do not think they were destined to be quadrupeds by their genes, but their unique genetic make-up allowed them to be. 'It has produced an extraordinary window on our past. It is physically possible, which no one would have guessed from the modern human skeleton." Study of their hands has shown they are heavily callused and have been walking like this for years. Prof Humphrey said: "However they arrived at this point, we have adult human beings walking like ancestors several million years ago." The five siblings spend most of their time sitting outside the family's basic rural home. However, one brother travels to the local village where he engages in basic interactions with people. The documentary, to be shown on BBC2 on Friday, March 17, is called The Family That Walks On All Fours. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merk or be merked Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 this is a joke right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 i call a fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco chanel Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 yet they're clothed. edit: grammar :shook: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 i've heard other accounts that have man walking upright because of the primates transition from jungle to savannah. And this is still further from the savannah. Then again there is evidence of a primal bear god found all over the world from as far back as 30,000 bc. Maybe we have some bear cousins? lol I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEB Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Originally posted by shameless self promotion@Mar 7 2006, 06:20 PM The five are all mentally retarded. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770 Quoted post Maybe THAT explains why they walk on all fours... :rolleyes2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the shitz Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 UHM.......it says theyre retarded sooo......monkey see monkey do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 someone photoshop the lotter getting chased by them or moshzilla kicking them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtorder Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 looks to me like they posess clavicles clavicles = standing upright not nearly as cool as those hairy kids in south america. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Originally posted by shameless self promotion@Mar 7 2006, 05:20 PM The five are all mentally retarded. i came to this conclusion based solely on viewing the picture, i didnt even have to read the article, i didnt even know what the fuck this thread was about, and at once i knew this was another retard thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dudebra1 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Originally posted by shameless self promotion@Mar 8 2006, 01:20 AM Their mother and father, who are closely related are believed to have handed down a unique combination of genes which result in the behaviour. Some researchers argue the genetic fault has caused the brothers and sisters to regress to a form of 'backward evolution'. This is called "Inbreeding" and it would definitely explain some retards walking on all fours. I don't need any researchers to tell me that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalist Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 documentary should be intresting, hoax or not. Hope i catch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 this is retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uncle-boy Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 shit, i thought this was gonna be about delicious quesedillas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Originally posted by uncle-boy@Mar 7 2006, 10:31 PM shit, i thought this was gonna be about delicious quesedillas. Quoted post :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Quesedillas are awesome. My girlfriend is in LA for work this week, and I told her to bring me back a burrito or a quesedilla from Taco Mesa. If she does, I'll post here to tell you how it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulkillers Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 that photo looks as fake as pron star boobies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullnbones Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 looks like a still from some fucked up 80's midday movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalist Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 my mothers quesedillas go hard. chel/lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destroya Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Originally posted by dudebra1+Mar 7 2006, 11:17 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dudebra1 - Mar 7 2006, 11:17 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-shameless self promotion@Mar 8 2006, 01:20 AM Their mother and father, who are closely related are believed to have handed down a unique combination of genes which result in the behaviour. Some researchers argue the genetic fault has caused the brothers and sisters to regress to a form of 'backward evolution'. This is called "Inbreeding" and it would definitely explain some retards walking on all fours. I don't need any researchers to tell me that. Quoted post [/b] i concur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreck1 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 that picture is from a poster for scoliosis testing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalist Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 ^quit lying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreck1 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 should i have added j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobsilla Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 kill em off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 this story has the makings of a really good, bad horror movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 are those fools racing in that pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el hamburgler Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Originally posted by count chocula@Mar 7 2006, 07:24 PM looks to me like they posess clavicles clavicles = standing upright not nearly as cool as those hairy kids in south america. Quoted post possess = correct spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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