Given that neanderthals and Denisovans had children with homosapiens I wonder how much of their DNA affects us, I had read that there might even be a chance we inherited autism from the Denisovans?
What do you all think?
Given that neanderthals and Denisovans had children with homosapiens I wonder how much of their DNA affects us, I had read that there might even be a chance we inherited autism from the Denisovans?
What do you all think?
There is a New Scientist article that suggests the exact opposite, that neurological divergences like autism, and mental illnesses like schizophrenia, were not found in archaic humans, such as Neanderthals. See it here: Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn't | New Scientist
This might indicate that we are very human indeed.
I don't wanna be human!
In the words of Ray Davies of The Kinks:
"I think I'm sophisticated
'Cause I'm living my life
Like a good homo sapiens
But all around me
Everybody's multiplying
And they're walking round like flies, man
So I'm no better than the animals
Sitting in the cages in the zoo, man
'Cause compared to the flowers
And the birds and the trees
I am an apeman."
In the words of Ray Davies of The Kinks:
"I think I'm sophisticated
'Cause I'm living my life
Like a good homo sapiens
But all around me
Everybody's multiplying
And they're walking round like flies, man
So I'm no better than the animals
Sitting in the cages in the zoo, man
'Cause compared to the flowers
And the birds and the trees
I am an apeman."