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, Uner

doi:10.1179/1743132814y.0000000433

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, vol.37, no.2, pp.139-146, 2015 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 37 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1179/1743132814y.0000000433
Title of Journal : NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
Page Numbers: pp.139-146

Abstract

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).