The Family that walks on four legs

we watched The Family that walks on four legs the other night.

A Documentary about a remarkable anthropological find - the discovery of living human quadrupeds in a remote part of Turkey. Filmed in secret over the past year, the programme is an intimate portrait of an extraordinary family, and an examination of the intense scientific debate the family's existence has fuelled. American paleoanthropologists think their skeletons could hold vital clues about the origin of man, and a Turkish neurophysiologist believes they are wholesale genetic throwbacks.

the turkish prof seemed to be going for the headlines, whereas the yanks were more measured. the story of the family was touching, but no great discoveries were made. It just seems that the slightly backward kids were never taught to walk, with the background of islamic acceptance.