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 3 months ago
lath@lemmy.world 3 months ago
And yet, it was witchcraft.
“Those damned heretics!.. May the Divine smite them down each time we cousins clap cheeks!”
Flyberius@hexbear.net 3 months ago
I’m pretty sure the effects of inbreeding have always been well known.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months 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 3 months ago
Oh, for sure but come the 50th occurrence however…
lolrightythen@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I mean, yeah - what they said.
And Arkansas needs a tax base, so this family reunion is sponsored by Tinder!