Did Neandertals Have Autism? A Short Video
I recently did an interview with Seth Chagi of World of Paleoanthropology on our paper on the roles of Neandertal DNA in autism. The video did well and folks from […]
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A Lot of Autism Genes Evolved during the Cambrian Period
You’ve heard of the “Cambrian Explosion,” right? The Cambrian period is known for its plethora of bizarre animal forms that seemingly exploded out of nowhere. The period began about 541 […]
How’d You Get So Smart??? The Little Known History about Brain Evolution
Contrary to the old adage, you don’t have a reptilian brain. At least, not any more than you have an amphibian brain or a fish brain. The idea that the […]
What’s Unique about Human Brain Evolution?
Even though we’ve been separated by about 450 million years of evolution, humans and zebrafish share homology in roughly 70% of their genes. Yet in spite of this commonality, few […]
A New Study Finds that the Jelly, Not the Sponge, May Lie at the Base of the Animal Evolutionary Tree
I’m afraid, my dear friends, I will have to bow out of writing an extensive blog for this week. Not only are my knees figuratively giving way under the weight […]
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