https://freerepublic.com/tag/consanguiousmarriage/ en-us Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:32:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583076/posts “Backward evolution” spawns ape-like people Feb. 21, 2006 Special to World Science An editor of a noted scientific journal says he has discovered a genetic defect that seems to set back the clock on human evolution by more than a million years.     Walking patterns of victims of Uner Tan syndrome. (Courtesy Uner Tan) Its victims walk on all fours and mouth a primitive language, the scientist reported. He added that the syndrome may literally undo eons of human evolution, and thus reflect with some accuracy what our ape-like ancestors were like. The researcher, Uner Tan of Cukurova University... World Science https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583076/posts#comment Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:32:45 GMT