Humphrey, Nicholas, Skoyles, John R. and Keynes, Roger (2005) Human hand-walkers: five siblings who never stood up. . Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
Human beings begin life as quadrupeds, crawling on all fours, but none has ever been known to retain this gait and develop it into a proficient replacement for adult bipedality. We report the case of a family in which five siblings, who suffer from a rare form of cerebellar ataxia, are still quadrupeds as adults - walking and running on their feet and wrists. We describe the remarkable features of this gait, discuss how it has developed in the members of this family, and consider whether a similar gait may have been used by human ancestors.
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| Divisions: | CPNSS |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 19:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/463 |
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