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The Family that Walks on All Fours:
Evolution in Reverse?
Name: ______________________________
Date: ____________ Period: ____________
Questions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1 What has never been reported before in scientific literature?
2
How is the family perceived by the village?
3
What is unique about the parent’s marriage?
4
What sets humans apart from all the other primates?
5
What is unique about the human wrist versus our ancestors?
6
What is reverse evolution?
7
What are “master genes?”
8
Why does the Turkish military police show up at the house?
9
What has happened to the cerebellum to the “Hand walkers” after their Cat Scans?
10 What is a mutation?
11 What is the danger of close family members marrying with children?
12 What is the foxp2 gene thought to control?
13 Why did they compare the foxp2 gene across the animal kingdom?
14 What did they find out about the foxp2 gene in mice?
15 Shockingly, what did they find out about the foxp2 gene in gorillas?
16 What is microcephaly?
17 What are 1 of the 3 major skeletal advances in humans?
18 How does a baby’s crawl relate to why quadruped children are walking on all fours?
19 What does it mean if changing their environment (physical therapy) creates a change in the genetic
disorder of the quadruped children?
20 What was the scientific resolution of this family’s genetic disorder? How has moths of physical therapy
changed the family?