Thursday 23 June 2011

Feral children

What would a human being without culture look like?

Of course this is the "forbidden experiment" - but nature has performed some natural experiments in the area - and produced what are known as "feral children".

Typically feral children are unable to speak - or walk upright. This illustrates how an upright posture is still a culturally transmitted trait - even among modern humans.

Here is a documentary about feral children.

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