According to evolutionary anthropologist Ben Campbell of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, studies of the Ariaal, an isolated nomadic group in Kenya, suggest that hyperactivity and impulsivity—key traits of ADHD—have distinct advantages to nomadic people.

My source for this comment is a Buddhist meditator of 15 years experience, with suspected ADHD myself, who also holds a PhD in neuroscience which was written on EEG brain activity in adults with ADHD. I recommend beginning with something broader and more informative, and then if you run on female hormones read something specific to adhd in women (Sari Solden is brilliant) before you dive into this one. Schools, employers and families are missing out on what could be attained if these individuals were provided with what they need to attain their potential. Though this evolution has taken different forms in other parts of the world, the Western development of agriculture has gradually led us in our greed to take all that we can from the Earth, greed which has been the cause of global climate change and the impending demise of our society and species as we know it. I, however, am not much of an entrepreneur and was mostly looking for ways to prosper in the workplace, as it's phrased in the description.A genetic variant associated with ADHD has been found at higher frequency in more nomadic populations and those with more of a history of migration. He analyzes maladaptive behaviors in humans today and speculates that these behaviors weren’t maladaptive for most of our history when we lived in small tribal groups.

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