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The Family That Walks on All Fours is a BBC Two documentary that explored the science and the story of five individuals in the Ulas family, a Kurdish family in Southeastern Turkey that walk with a previously unreported quadruped gait. [1] [2] [3]
The Ulas family of 19 is from rural southern Turkey. Five of the family members (except for another, who has died) walk on all fours with their feet and the palms of their hands in what is called a "bear crawl". [1] [2] Their quadrupedal gait has never been reported in anatomically intact adult humans.
Five members of one family walk on all fours, leading one scientist to say their condition signals backwards evolution. Other scientists have a different take.
Quadrupedalism in an Iraqi family. In July 2005, in rural Turkey, scientists discovered five Turkish siblings who had learned to walk naturally on their hands and feet. Unlike chimpanzees, which ambulate on their knuckles, the Ulas family walked on their palms, allowing them to preserve the dexterity of their fingers. [4] [5] [6]
People affected by UTS walk with a quadrupedal locomotion and often have severe learning disabilities. Tan postulated that this is an example of " reverse evolution " (atavism). [ 1 ] The proposed syndrome was featured in the 2006 BBC2 documentary The Family That Walks On All Fours .
Naturists often have to walk on eggshells in society out of fear of folks finding out and isolating or harming them. Marc explained that “one of the biggest challenges is the persistent stigma ...
A Virginia family of four Donna Livingston took photos of her family aboard the plane before taking off from Wichita. CNN has blurred the passengers pictured in the background to protect their ...
Crawling or quadrupedal movement is a method of human locomotion that makes use of all four limbs. It is one of the earliest gaits learned by human infants, [ 1 ] and has similar features to four-limbed movement in other primates and in non-primate quadrupeds .