d0om on 10/3/2006 at 11:15
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The method of locomotion used by the Turkish children and by our closest relatives chimpanzees and gorillas, differs in a crucial way, said Professor Humphrey.
While gorillas and chimpanzees walk on their knuckles, the Turkish siblings put their weight on the wrists, lifting their fingers off the ground.
"What's significant about that is that chimpanzees ruin their fingers walking like that," Professor Humphrey, an evolutionary psychologist, told the BBC News website.
"These kids have kept their fingers very agile, for example, the girls in the family can do crochet and embroidery."
Looks like there isn't a tool-use selectivity against this type of quadraped. Now when monkeys start to walk this way, we will know we are in trouble!
Tocky on 11/3/2006 at 04:16
This is just great. Now when I go to my car in the morning there will be people prints all over the hood.
Jennie&Tim on 11/3/2006 at 16:47
Quote Posted by Shug
Wonder if our Monkeysee sex fund can pay for a flight to Turkey yet
Nope, not yet.
Shug on 11/3/2006 at 18:02
dear god this is like telling sex jokes to my mother
let's pretend this never happened
paloalto on 11/3/2006 at 18:10
Evolutionary dead ends orThe Road Less Traveled.
Sypha Nadon on 11/3/2006 at 19:18
I think we need to find a way to incorporate spider body parts into human genetics. That would be pretty cool.
liquidfear on 11/3/2006 at 23:46
I'm more of the dragonfly wings and cat eyes genetic augmentation guy, myself. Have fun shooting web out your ass, I'll be flying around in the dead of night with impunity.
Gingerbread Man on 12/3/2006 at 01:01
Until you get snared in Sypha's Anal Web. Have fun with that.
Sypha Nadon on 12/3/2006 at 05:15
Wow, the idea of an anal web never even entered my mind. This opens up a whole new world of possibilities...
Shug on 12/3/2006 at 16:55
more like this opens up a hole
