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Walking on all fours with the ancestors (See to believe)
Times(UK) ^
| 3/7/2006
| Sam Lister
Posted on 03/11/2006 9:10:15 PM PST by sagar
FIVE brothers and sisters who can only walk naturally on all fours are being hailed as a unique insight into human evolution, after being found in a remote corner of rural Turkey. Scientists believe that the family may provide invaluable information on how Man evolved from a four-legged hominid to develop the ability to walk on two feet more than three million years ago. A genetic abnormality, which may prevent the siblings, aged 18 to 34, from walking upright, has been identified. The discovery of the Kurdish family in southern Turkey last July has triggered a fierce debate. Two daughters and a son have only ever walked on two palms and two feet, with their extended legs, while another daughter and son occasionally manage a form of two-footed walking. The five can stand up, but only for a short time, with both knees and head flexed. Some researchers claim that genetic faults have caused the siblings to regress in a form of “backward evolution”. Other scientists argue more strongly that their genes have triggered brain damage that has allowed them to develop the unique form of movement.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: doasearchnexttime; enoughalready; evolution; hoax; oldnews; quadpedal; thirdtimeposted; welcometolastweek
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I searched but didn't find it posted on FR. The picture of a simple family walk. Holy crap!
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:10:19 PM PST
by
sagar
To: PatrickHenry
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:11:23 PM PST
by
sagar
To: sagar
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:12:45 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(ALLAH DOES NOT EXIST - MOHAMMED LIED)
To: sagar
UM... wouldnt this be... DE-evolution? BTW that is where DEVO got their name, they said" we believe humans are going to de evolve back into apes" Seeing how things are shaping up for the democrats.... he may be right?!!!
To: sagar
Is this another story about the democratic leadership.
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:16:56 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
To: sagar
I heard that Bat Boy was also seen in the vicinity.
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:17:35 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie, because he didn't bake one.)
To: Walkingfeather
"UM... wouldnt this be... DE-evolution?"
Evolution is like time. You can't go backward. So, even if today's humans "devolve" to ape-like creatures 10 million years in the future, it will still be evolution from today's perspective.
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:23:38 PM PST
by
sagar
To: sagar
Yeah, but can they roll over and play dead?
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:26:56 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
(Mom always said why be difficult, when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
To: sagar
It's a DU chapter meeting.
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:29:36 PM PST
by
sphinx
To: sagar
"I just *know* I dropped it around here somewhere. Keep looking, everyone! We're bound to find it sooner or later."
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:32:08 PM PST
by
RedCell
To: Walkingfeather
"Evolved" Democrats of the future..
To: sagar
You couldn't find it because the previous 5 or 6 postings over the last week have been pulled.
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:34:31 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who talk don't know, those who know don't talk.)
To: sagar
To: sagar
This has got to be incredibly uncomfortable!
Weekly World News material.
To: sagar
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:40:17 PM PST
by
daybreakcoming
(If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
To: sagar
July 23, 2004
A monkey in an Israeli zoo has started walking exclusively on its hindlegs after nearly being killed by a stomach virus. Monkeys usually alternate between walking on all fours and walking upright, but this monkey is walking upright all the time, like a human. So far the only explanation zoo officials have is brain damage, though the monkey has otherwise returned to normal.
http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/news/cat_monkey_news.html
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:40:32 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
("Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous"---Hobbes the Tiger)
To: operation clinton cleanup
I hates Morlocks...and I'm not real fond of the Eloi either.
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:41:33 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: sagar
Urban legend hoax, we are bipedal, that includes terrorists.
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:41:42 PM PST
by
quantim
(If the Constitution were perfect, it wouldn't have included the Senate.)
To: nothingnew
Some Eloi are not so bad...
To: operation clinton cleanup
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posted on
03/11/2006 9:50:21 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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