
STUDY FINDS AUTISM IS CAUSED BY NEANDERTHAL DNA IN MODERN HUMANS
New research reveals a surprising evolutionary connection between autism and our prehistoric relatives—Neanderthals. Roughly 50,000 years ago, humans and Neanderthals interbred. Today, nearly all non-African people carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA. Scientists have now found that certain gene variants inherited from Neanderthals appear more often in individuals with autism. In a study involving over 3,400…