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Depression gene 'discovered'
- nihilocrat 17y agoThat's odd, I thought the gene had already been discovered, because I thought I got it from my mom. It's one of those things I just never bothered questioning, but now I'm confused all of a sudden.
- defen 17y agoMy favorite just-so story about the roots of depression is that it emerged during the last glacial period as a response to extreme cold weather. It's a behavioral adaptation that would have made it easier for humans to remain indoors for long periods of time without going crazy/killing each other.
- sachmanb 17y agoother species get depressed too, though. got a link about this? i tried searching around but didn't find anything useful.
- defen 17y agoI couldn't find a good pithy blog post explaining it, so instead I'll direct you to a couple things I did find. I first read about it here (search for 'cave'): http://www.arthurdevany.com/2005/06/weepy_relatives.html http://www.arthurdevany.com/2005/06/weepy_relatives.html Which led me to Randolph Nesse: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nesse/ http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nesse/ who wrote this book: http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Sick-Darwinian/dp/0679746749 http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Sick-Darwinian/dp/067974674...