We are all totally off our rockers Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:06:31 +0200 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities may have led to our vulnerability to mental illness. I've always thought that homo sapiens is an animal gone mad, and that other animals look at us and shake their heads as one would an elderly aunt who has somewhat lost her marbles and stirs her tea with knitting needles. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2499487-evolution-of-intelligence-in-our-ancestors-may-have-come-at-a-cost/