@hbdchick and I've seen European history 'explained' (pfft) by increasing altruism due to increasing exogamy. What horseshit.
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Replying to @christopherburd
@christopherburd@hbdchick I'm quite sure genetic variation plays a role. But it's a smaller one than basic human mental processes.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @christopherburd
@christopherburd@hbdchick Absolutely - but all societies are exogamous. Except for hillbillies in Australia. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/it-looks-like-a-normal-aussie-shed-but-these-walls-hid-horror-beyond-comprehension-the-telegraph-eyes-compound-where-incest-family-lived/story-fni0cx4q-1226782594190 …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlWest13
@AlWest13 Surely cousin marriage (discouraged by medieval Catholic Church) is widespread in some places. http://www.consang.net/images/0/0e/Globalcolorsmall.jpg …@hbdchick2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @christopherburd
@christopherburd@hbdchick It is, but usually 1st cousins don't actually marry. Timor is full of 'cousin marriage', but....3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlWest13
@AlWest13@christopherburd@hbdchick Completely wrong, Pakistanis marry 1st cousins 50% of time, common in rest of Muslim world4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @pyconnor
@pyconnor@AlWest13@christopherburd (2/2) ...inbreeding, because it leads to a lot of double-first cousin marriages: http://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/why-fbd-marriage-amounts-to-more-inbreeding-than-mbd-marriage/ …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@christopherburd@pyconnor not all cousin marriage is the same, of course.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@AlWest13 @christopherburd @pyconnor yup! (^_^)
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