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Do Humans Really Walk Better without Tails? Throwing a Gouldian Spandrel into...

Most of you undoubtedly know me as an autism researcher. But my work has brought me into close contact with the field of Evolutionary Biology as I’ve studied the evolution of autism and developmental...

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Is Neanderthal DNA a Susceptibility Factor for Autism?

For those of you who have “been around the block” in the online autistic community, you’ve probably heard of the “Neanderthal Theory of Autism,” proposed by rdos (Leif Ekblad) back in 2001, along with...

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The Story of Us: Autism and Neanderthals?

Recently, I did an interview with Seth Chagi on the World of Paleoanthropology about our new paper on the roles of a subset of Neanderthal DNA in autism. Please enjoy!

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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 the community had a number of...

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Connecting with Your Inner Autistic Fish

While I plan to continue to produce blogs because I love the written word, I’ve ventured into the Tiktok world and will be posting videos exploring the science of autism, including some of my own...

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Major Breakthrough: A New Potential Biomarker for hEDS/HSD

Below is my coverage on Tiktok on this major new discovery published just a few weeks ago. Scientists have found a potential biomarker that’s present in both Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and...

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