neuroarchaeology also includes research into genetic origins of brain disorders. researchers from the university of santa barbara found an unusual mutation that is linked to alzheimer's disease in adults, an advancement considered a "breakthrough" in expanding knowledge about the hitherto unknown alzheimer's disease. yehezkel ben-ari highlighted the evidence for the importance of evolutionary based approaches to understanding brain disorders in his article on the role of neuroarchaeology in neuropaediatrics.