Historians primarily focus on proximate causes & they don't test hypotheses. Jared Diamond's comparative method in Guns, Germs & Steel does.
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@hbdchick Strictly speaking, it does. 'Exogamy' is defined depending on the unit in question (family, clan, etc). That's Kinship 101. -
@AlWest13 i'm interested in consanguineous marriages - and THOSE are quite common in many areas of the world. -
@hbdchick Perhaps. But I don't think that makes Saudis or Pakistanis innately, instead of culturally, clannish. -
@AlWest13 not perhaps - definitely. see the data at http://consang.net . and: why not? -
@hbdchick Because I know lots of Indians whose parents do/did the same thing, and yet they're as open-minded and un-clannish as any Briton. -
@AlWest13 1) which indians (what caste)? 2) doesn't matter about *just* parents. we're (i'm) talking about evolution:http://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/clannishness-defined/ … -
@hbdchick Various castes: Jats esp., also lots of South Indians (patrilateral cross-cousin marriage common.) Also: multi-generational.
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@hbdchick But if there's an HBD-specific use of the word, then fine, I capitulate on that point.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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