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Odin2005

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3. That is quite interesting!

Reply to RobertDole (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 5, 2012, 09:31 AM

Mar 2012

I have had similar ideas that human societies are super-organisms comparable to social insect colonies.

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Autism is from Neandertal genes!!! [View all] Odin2005 Mar 2012 OP

Huh! And all this time I thought it was republicanisim that came from Neanderthals. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #1

It's not as far-fetched as you'd think RobertDole Mar 2012 #2

That is quite interesting! Odin2005 Mar 2012 #3

How does that work with populations that don't have Neanderthal DNA? semillama Mar 2012 #4

My son with Asperger's also SheilaT Mar 2012 #5

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