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Autism Linked With DNA Our Ancestors Inherited From Neanderthals : ScienceAlert (www.sciencealert.com)
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While this is just a theory for the most part it is kind of interesting to think about. What if the double empathy problem is really just people who socialize like Neanderthals

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[–] Incogni@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I think they didn't refer to the article, but to the text OP added:

While this is just a theory for the most part it is kind of interesting to think about. What if the double empathy problem is really just people who socialize like Neanderthals

Which, in my opinion, is worded a bit unfortunately.