Science

Uncle Joe

(65,516 posts) Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:39 PM Mar 8

Remote village where people walk on all fours 60 Minutes Australia

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.

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Remote village where people walk on all fours 60 Minutes Australia (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 8 OP

That seems unlikely relayerbob Mar 8 #1

I saw it when it first aired (2018, I think). True or not, CBS 60 Minutes had a good rep then... hlthe2b Mar 8 #6

I've seen this before, other articles. SWBTATTReg Mar 8 #2

i call bull rampartd Mar 8 #3

Yeah, not watching that. I suspect AI BS...nt Wounded Bear Mar 8 #4

This came out in 2018. n/t Uncle Joe Mar 8 #5

Precedes AI. I saw it in 2018 but didn't draw any conclusions then or now. hlthe2b Mar 8 #7

Not fake Tasmanian Devil Mar 8 #8

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

This was from 2018 and it's a true story. n/t Uncle Joe Mar 9 #10

Not just CBS Tasmanian Devil Mar 9 #11

relayerbob

(7,449 posts)

1. That seems unlikely

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:42 PM

Mar 8

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

(114,672 posts)

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

Reply to relayerbob (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 08:35 PM

Mar 8

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

(26,399 posts)

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

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:57 PM

Mar 8

rampartd

(5,027 posts)

3. i call bull

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 03:00 PM

Mar 8

there is more to bipedalism than some cerebellum shrinkage.

Wounded Bear

(64,628 posts)

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

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:11 PM

Mar 8

Uncle Joe

(65,516 posts)

5. This came out in 2018. n/t

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 05:55 PM

Mar 8

hlthe2b

(114,672 posts)

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

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 08:36 PM

Mar 8

Tasmanian Devil

(223 posts)

8. Not fake

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 09:14 PM

Mar 8

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

(65,976 posts)

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

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:55 AM

Mar 9

Uncle Joe

(65,516 posts)

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

Reply to Javaman (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:25 AM

Mar 9

Tasmanian Devil

(223 posts)

11. Not just CBS

Reply to Javaman (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:56 PM

Mar 9

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

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