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Permalink Reply by Alvaro Ramos on January 28, 2011 at 8:14am

Must be so cool to be just in front of Evolution. WoW. Thanks.

Permalink Reply by John Donaldson on January 28, 2011 at 8:47am

It will be interesting to see if, over the next centuries, more gorillas find that erect walking has a real survival advantage. If that turns out to be the case, will there be an increase in frontal lobe brain size? It appears that man's evolutionary development started with bipedal locomotion followed by increased cranial capacity. Is this adaption on the part of some gorillas a recurrence of the same evolutionary theme?

Permalink Reply by John Jubinsky on January 28, 2011 at 2:07pm

If they breed him and his sisters perhaps they can develop a line that has the bipedal characteristic and see if it is or becomes more intelligent than regular gorillas.

Permalink Reply by Meddlesome on January 28, 2011 at 9:01am

Planet of the apes ... Here we come !

;)

Permalink Reply by John Jubinsky on January 28, 2011 at 2:45pm

Ha! Ha! Ha!...That is good.

Permalink Reply by linda wagner on January 28, 2011 at 9:47am

I didn't think that this was that unusual. If all gorillas have the ability, then they probably do it in the wild.

Permalink Reply by John Jubinsky on January 28, 2011 at 2:48pm

It is supposed to be unusual. That is what is exciting about it. It suggests an evolving from ape to man.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on January 31, 2011 at 10:49am

Well, ape to upright walking ape, at any rate.  They're not evolving into humans, just acquiring a similar trait.

Permalink Reply by John Jubinsky on January 31, 2011 at 3:48pm

I think we should try to breed a bipedal line from him and his sisters.

Permalink Reply by C on February 3, 2011 at 9:44am

This looks cool, but I'm just not surprised.  I just wonder if it will cause back problems in the long-term.

Permalink Reply by linda wagner on February 3, 2011 at 11:09am

It causes back problems in us. I have heard many times that that is the reason we have back problems. I assume its true.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 3, 2011 at 12:06pm

Or, to put it another way, we're only partially evolved for walking upright.  Evolution is still working out the bugs.

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