Just So Story
May 15, 2008 | 
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Category: Art, Autism, Neoteny, Sexual Selection, Sexual Selection/Social Structure, Testosterone & Estrogen, lefthanded
Autism is a social condition.
Rather, in the way that loud, rhythmic music is a symptom of puberty, the sudden rise in autism is a manifestation of extreme societal change. Both transitions are characterized by a radical hormonal shift.
The autistic person is a normal person time-traveling here from the distant past to the present where his or her gifts are only about to be understood.
Our genetic history is stored like a pocket roadmap of an almost endless roller coaster ride, tracking, among other things, the hormonal fluctuations of our ancestors. A patriarchal past stores a history of high testosterone males and low testosterone females. Further back in time, our genes tell us we lived matrifocal lives with high testosterone females and low testosterone males. Back further still, we were just learning to use language in dance-driven tribal bands where females were revered societal leaders. Unceasing music was the rhythm of their life.
Almost half of these male band members were left handed. Females were far more verbally articulate than men. The males were often relatively tall and lanky. Puberty arrived unusually late. Dancing was the center of their life.
A million or more years of sexual selection with…
