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yenahmik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Yes, assuming they are completely isolated from the surface population. It’s called genetic drift.

There’s a pretty interesting group of people who were pretty isolated in Kentucky who turned blue, which would be an example of this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Fugates

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