Crawling family reappears in Iraq

The Crawling Family of Turkey

In 2004, scientists discovered five siblings in a remote village in Turkey who walked on all fours. It was originally believed that this kind of "crawling family" was a singular case in the world. However, three years later, a reporter from The Times of London discovered another family in Iraq that also walked on all fours. Below is the reporter's account of the discovery.

Three brothers walking on all fours arrive at 10 o'clock in the morning. We heard someone shouting: "They're here!" We rushed downstairs from our room in the Baghdad hotel where The Times' Baghdad branch is located. We saw a small bus approaching along the road...