A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans

Perhaps we are seeing evolution unfold in real time. The human brain is under constant pressure from modern life: technology, nonstop information, and increasingly complex social systems. Autism may not be a limitation, but the emergence of a cognitive style better suited to these challenges. Some researchers suggest we are at the beginning of a divergence in human cognition. If so, autism could be one of the first signs of a broader shift in how our brains develop.

Notably, technology is computers and networks but also pumps, presses, gears, everything since the wheel.