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About a family who have a genetic problem and have reverted to acting like prehistoric forms of the Homo species.

Think this gives any weight to evolutionism?

Uh-oh, another Evolution vs. Creationism thread. Run for the hills!

Do you have any links to a newspaper article or anything?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadruped
http://anthropology.net/user/boudiccaswrath/blog/2006/03/07/a_group_of_siblings_who_walk_on_all_fours

Thanks :)

I'm going with gentic abnormality rather than "regression", I have no idea who thought up this regression idea, but it sounds like BS to me.

Is this family Turkish because if it is i have already seen it.:)

Is this family Turkish because if it is i have already seen it.:)

Yeah.

That is so groovy. I approve. :)

About a family who have a genetic problem and have reverted to acting like prehistoric forms of the Homo species.

Think this gives any weight to evolutionism?

What the hell is evolutionism?

About a family who have a genetic problem and have reverted to acting like prehistoric forms of the Homo species.
Not really. They walk on all fours, but they put their hands flat, unlike other primates (and presumably our own ancestors) who walk on their knuckles.

oooooh.... thier not prehistoric man, just Turkish, you people are so insensitive. :)

About a family who have a genetic problem and have reverted to acting like prehistoric forms of the Homo species.

Think this gives any weight to evolutionism?

1. It's not 'evolutionism', it's evolution.
2. Evolution doesn't need more weight behind it, any more than gravity needs more weight behind it (pun not intended).

Uh-oh, another Evolution vs. Creationism thread. Run for the hills!


*starts singing*
Run for the hills
Run for your lives!!

"Where did everyone go?"

1. It's not 'evolutionism', it's evolution.
2. Evolution doesn't need more weight behind it, any more than gravity needs more weight behind it (pun not intended).

Don't fucking snap at me, stooge. I'm on your side.

Not really. They walk on all fours, but they put their hands flat, unlike other primates (and presumably our own ancestors) who walk on their knuckles.

Yes. Implying they may be a missing link.

Erm it is not really reverting back, or showing evolution traits... Babies sometimes crawl like this family walks, imo they just crawled like that abnormally long compared to normal kids and hence developed to be able to continue to go like that.

Don't fucking snap at me, stooge. I'm on your side.
http://images.art.com/images/-/Curly-oversized-postcard--C10204551.jpeg

Don't fucking snap at me, stooge. I'm on your side.

What's your problem? I simply pointed out the (fairly major) mistakes in your post. There is no need for your mindless flaming, if you can't talk nicely then go somewhere else.

About a family who have a genetic problem and have reverted to acting like prehistoric forms of the Homo species.

Think this gives any weight to evolutionism?

You don't need to go to 60 minutes or Turkey to see people heading backwards on the evolutionary ladder...

just step outside my front door of a Saturday night and head down the town centre. Full of the buggers.

You don't need to go to 60 minutes or Turkey to see people heading backwards on the evolutionary ladder...

just step outside my front door of a Saturday night and head down the town centre. Full of the buggers.
LOL here it is the pubs where you see them, they come out in packs and go for the kill *hides*

LOL here it is the pubs where you see them, they come out in packs and go for the kill *hides*

Oh, usually they are walking between the pubs, or driving around, windows wound down, playing bad music so loud it shakes the very foundations of the earth.

Oh, usually they are walking between the pubs, or driving around, windows wound down, playing bad music so loud it shakes the very foundations of the earth.
Neds/Chavs would be missed... :p

Thanks :)

I'm going with gentic abnormality rather than "regression", I have no idea who thought up this regression idea, but it sounds like BS to me.

Me too. The fact that they have a condition in their brain called "cerebellar ataxia" tells me that it's just a matter of them not having the balance necessary to walk on two limbs.

If it was backwards evoluion then their skeletons would be different. If there were only one gene responsible for bipedal walking then there would be many more cases of it rather than just 6 in the entire world.