As an Autistic of Color with no european/IndoEuropean ancestry, I don't believe in the Neanderthal hypothesis. If it's so true, then why were most of the Autistic kids in my special ed grammar school Black or Native American Mexican? Why, then, does Japan, an island country that is isolated from so many outside influences, have a higher rate of AS/Autism than Europe and America? The 'Neanderthal Hypothesis' was definitely made by a white guy who had no knowledge of cultures or peoples of color.
Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe...
...all mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe.
woops, forgot to mention i have a browridge. :oops:
As a result of reading forensic books, I now know that male and female skulls differ quite a lot. Male skulls generally have a heavier jawbone, squarer looking chin and more prominent brow ridge (could that be why some people jokingly refer to males as "Neanderthals"?) plus they are often somewhat larger than female skulls.
There are also identifiable differences between caucasoid, mongoloid and negroid skulls (although these differences could be harder to pick in people who are of racially mixed descent)
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Once I almost "cured" myself,
but now i'm glad to be here. :o
I was laughing about some Neanderthal special on Discovery or Discovery-Times Channel, when the Neanderthals kidnapped the Cro-Magnon teenage girl.... I thought she had an attitude, and thought she was like one or more girls from middle school....
I read the Neanderthal-AS theory and stopped laughing.