Chanda Chisala: the IQ gap is no longer a black-white issue http://www.unz.com/article/the-iq-gap-is-no-longer-a-black-and-white-issue/ … I had no idea how well black Africans were doing in UK
@ixaos ...were firmly established in the west by the 1300/1400s (https://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/more-on-medieval-england-and-france/ …), whereas in russia, they were still struggling...
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@hbdchick I think you are not correct, acc to "Устав о Брацех" marriage of relatives up to 7th degree (let alone cousins) were banned -
@ixaos nevertheless, thank you for the reference to "Устав о Брацех." i HAVEN'T looked enough at the history of mating patterns in russia... -
@hbdchick I'm not an expert at all ;) But it seems that there is lack of data on the issue. However Russia adopted Byzantine laws in XI cent -
@ixaos well, incompletely, i suspect. there were such laws in england in the 600s, for eg., but enforcement didn't happen 'til much later. -
@hbdchick I meant in Russia. Especially before 11th century -
@ixaos ...avoiding cousin marriage, and that is not until the 900s -- *at the earliest* (and it, no doubt, truly started later). that is... -
@hbdchick don't agree abt that. W/o solid data hard to say abt abundance of cousin marriage, pre-Christian or after -
@ixaos well, you'll have to talk to the historians about that. (~_^) (hard data would of course be better but this's all we've got for now.) - 19 more replies
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