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0 pointsPeterisP4y ago0 comments

If that would be the case, then it would also then manifest in behavioral traits of non-human primates, since they would not yet have this relatively recent adaptation.

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solarmist4y ago

I'll bet it does. We don't have a generic description of what autism means yet. I'm sure what we describe as autism is a cluster of differences.

So it's hard to imagine what it would look like in other primates.

Like these[1] loners in slime mold colonies. We don't even know if these kinds of variation are common or not. Autism-like variations might be like this or it could be human specific.

[1] https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/slime-molds-sh...

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solarmist4y ago

I'll bet it does. We don't have a generic description of what autism means yet. I'm sure what we describe as autism is a cluster of differences.

So it's hard to imagine what it would look like in other primates.

Like these[1] loners in slime mold colonies. We don't even know if these kinds of variation are common or not. Autism-like variations might be like this or it could be human specific.

[1] https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/slime-molds-sh...

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