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Subject:	Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:24:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:

Brother/sister unions are taboo in most cultures AFAIK. That could point to a genetic component that discourages such unions thereby avoiding inbreeding.

I’m no expert by any stretch but I think this is false on both counts.

It’s my understanding that if enough inbreeding occurs you actually get the same result as carefully avoiding inbreeding. I think there was evidence of this from observations of Pygmy cultures.

-- Hop-Frog

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		Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
(...) Okay, but you'd agree that it is taboo in our culture? If so, to what would you attest that value? I'll have to do a little research, but I think the taboo extends beyond any Judeo-Christian influence. (...) I don't follow you. Are you saying (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
(...) Brother/sister unions are taboo in most cultures AFAIK. That could point to a genetic component that discourages such unions thereby avoiding inbreeding. Or, all of the brothers and sisters who tried to procreate produced (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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