>Being a neurodiverse, or more commonly known "on the spectrum", is a guaranteed way to get bullied (or worse) by your peers who are not. How is that supposed t

>Being a neurodiverse, or more commonly known "on the spectrum", is a guaranteed way to get bullied (or worse) by your peers who are not. How is that supposed to help with survival? Well, human life doesn't begin and end with school and bullying, nor was bullying like that necessarily as much of a thing in other eras (or other cultures), especially since we're talking prehistory. It's easier for someone with ASD to have social relations and be accepted when everybody is part of small tribe or village and sees each other everyday for example - like for most of human history. Also for the most part of history "being cool" wasn't really a preoccupation of people, even kids. >Helping with survival to me means having features that help you get accepted by the heard and with finding a mate to reproduce, not features that get you shunned and outcasted till you end up wirtten off the gene pool. It can also mean having traits that benefit the tribe, like problem solving and inventing things (or as researched regarding ADHD, "be better at hunting"), even if you're not very socially adept. https://www.wired.com/story/autism-ancestors-evolution/ https://www.wired.com/story/autism-ancestors-evolution/ In many cultures even the "mad" were respected - considered touched by the spirits, samans, etc. Not just some ancient tribes either, all the way to modernity, including in aspects of Christianity ("holy fools").