Remote village where people walk on all fours 60 Minutes Australia

[Uncle Joe]

Oct 2, 2018

They're living, breathing men and women, but they walk on all fours, just as we did four million years ago. And until this film was shot, they were hidden away, unseen by the outside world.

[relayerbob]

1. That seems unlikely

Considering what they are wearing. They may walk on all fours, but they certainly aren't "unseen by the outside world".

Given where CBS is right now, I'm not even sure I believe it at all.

[hlthe2b]

6. I saw it when it first aired (2018, I think). True or not, CBS 60 Minutes had a good rep then...

I don't recall making any kind of real assessment of it at the time, figuring it would launch a stream of others looking into it and i would wait for further reporting/study.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. I've seen this before, other articles.

[rampartd]

3. i call bull

there is more to bipedalism than some cerebellum shrinkage.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Yeah, not watching that. I suspect AI BS...nt

[Uncle Joe]

5. This came out in 2018. n/t

[hlthe2b]

7. Precedes AI. I saw it in 2018 but didn't draw any conclusions then or now.

[Tasmanian Devil]

8. Not fake

I've not watched the video, but the story has a basis in fact:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulas_family

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 had never been reported in anatomically intact adult humans, but was later also discovered in other families in the region.[2] The gait is different from the knuckle-walking quadrupedal gait of apes. In 2006, the family was the subject of a documentary: The Family That Walks on All Fours.

References and links to 6 additional sources at the end of the wiki article.

[Javaman]

9. I believe nothing the broadcast. CBS - clownish buffoonery Shit. nt

[Uncle Joe]

10. This was from 2018 and it's a true story. n/t

[Tasmanian Devil]

11. Not just CBS

If you glance at the wiki page, there are references. You can follow the links and read (watch) if you want.

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1228&pid=95349

National Geographic 2006
Huffington Post, 2014
Journal of Medical Genetics, 2006
International Journal of Neuroscience, 2006
(UK) Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, 2006
PBS/Nova, 2012