I’m sure he wasn’t the first to notice that incest had negative health effects.
Darwin's Tomatoes
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 years ago
lath@lemmy.world 2 years ago
And yet, it was witchcraft.
“Those damned heretics!.. May the Divine smite them down each time we cousins clap cheeks!”
Flyberius@hexbear.net 2 years ago
I’m pretty sure the effects of inbreeding have always been well known.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Incest must have been going on further back in their families because first cousins do have higher risk of genetic issues but it’s barely higher than normal if it’s a first occurrence (hence marriage between first cousins being legal in most places even to this day).
undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Oh, for sure but come the 50th occurrence however…
lolrightythen@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I mean, yeah - what they said.
And Arkansas needs a tax base, so this family reunion is sponsored by Tinder!