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Family that walks on all fours baffles scientists: They ‘shouldn’t exist’
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0:45Now PlayingYou probably wouldn’t be able to walk a mile in this family’s shoes.
Some members of a family in Turkey walk in a way that has baffled scientists and challenges the world’s understanding of human evolution — on all fours, using the palms of their hands in a “bear crawl.”
The Ulas family was first brought into the public sphere through a scientific paper which was followed by a 2006 documentary on the BBC called “The Family That Walks on All Fours.”
Professor Nicholas Humphrey, an evolutionary psychologist from the London School of Economics, found that out of the 18 kids in this family, six of them were born with this trait never before seen in modern human adults. Unfortunately, one of the six has since died.
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