Proposed evolutionary origins of Autism

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I guess some Aspies would, but I really doubt they could damage the results much.

First, I check where people come from. If somebody calculates the score many times,
I'll delete any copies. This will require manipulators to take it from different IP addresses,
which is quite hard to do.

Second, you are unlikely to find where the link is at, because you don't have my statistics

Third, there are always Aspies at various sites, so I never expect 0% Aspies.

Leif

Shania Twain has an expensive car.

EVolution! Autism is evolution!

Who wrote this??

Do you ever get junk mail ads where they promise you $5000 per week and nothing is spelled right? Don't forget grammatical errors.

Look closely and you'll find that this author did not use spell check LOLOLOLOL!! !!

What is the author insinuating?

It's insulting that someone who can't even check his grammar is implying that aspies are of a human race whose genes were to have been "excluded from our gene-pool".



Article: "The only isolated population in recent times, that had been isolated for a long time, was Neanderthals. Closer study of them revealed that anthropology wanted to make sure to exclude them from our gene-pool. However, the reason for this is obscure. "

I noticed oddly repetitive spelling and grammatical errors all through the article as well. Almost seemed to follow a pattern. Of course, maybe I only thought so because I'm an unwashed, redheaded, left-handed, neanderthal, aspie. Very strange article.

I wanted to make a formal apology for my previous post on this thread to the author. Looking back on it, I was probably afraid of some of the things I was reading. I think I felt threatened by the possibility of others, specifically NTs, having another name to label me for their amusement.

well even if this article is true .... i feel no shame if autism is related to Neanderthal genes ....somehow...

This actually looks like someone's graduate thesis. As such, I wouldn't put much weight on it. A doctoral thesis would be put together a bit better. The original copy would have come off their home printer and been turned in, so it's unlikely the author was the one who put it on the net. If that's the case, then someone may have transcribed it. In which case, the speliing errors were probably not from the original author.

I should apologize for criticizing the spelling and grammar too. The content is what was important, and it was rather interesting in a strange sort of way. I'm going to go hit rocks together now.

The theory is no thesis or anything like that. I invented it, and everything there is "original research" done by me. Certainly, many people in the autistic community have influenced my thinking, but most of the theory stems from personal experiences. It shouldn't be too strange if it contains spelling errors and gramatical errors, because my native language is not english, and I'm slightly dyslectic.

^^ wait a second ..... u r saying that u r not a scientist ??!
HA! then ur theory is based on nothing!

Well, for his experience and language difficulties, it was very well put together.

Interesting attitude. I don't think I need to say anything more. I can just point you to all the "professional" autism theories that have been put together by "scientists" and that lack every kind of coherence and consistence.

I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.

Right RDOS! Neanderthals were not inferior, only maybe in tenacity for breeding large populations.

It's sick how much of that article relates to the characteristics of both me and my 5 year old son.

Science, as per the status quo, is steeped in as much dogma as religions. There are so many peers that are hard to sway with new evidence or theories. Just remember how long it took for Homo Florensis to be accepted as a hobbit sized human. I think the Neanderthal genome project will open up many questions that will quickly deliver answers.

BTW - I started blonde, but my hair by 11 was about the same color as the Neanderthal child in the pic. My eyes are a chameleonic gray-green-blue. I'm not as fair as some, but had I avoided sun all my life I would have been (my skin under clothes rapidly returns to milky pink). I have a slightly sloping chin, and somewhat of a John C. Reilly, Matt Damon, divided crested brow.

I love this paper.

I keep reading it over again. I hope to find more research or articles from you.




PS, Can the moderator of this thread email me please to remove a previous post of mine.
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