Siblings in Kars, Turkey, with Uner Tan syndrome (quadrupedal locomotion, severe mental retardation, and no speech): a novel theory for the evolution of human bipedalism

Tan U.

NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH, cilt.37, sa.2, ss.139-146, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1179/1743132814y.0000000433
  • Dergi Adı: NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.139-146
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: To investigate siblings from Kars (n = 2), Turkey, with diagonal-sequence quadrupedal locomotion (QL), severe mental retardation, and no speech (Uner Tan syndrome, UTS), in relation to the evolutionary emergence of human bipedal locomotion (BL).