@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 that's exactly what I think is not right here - using West Europe as a model and apply to Russia, which is very different -
@ixaos or is it some other diff that you're thinking of? (and could you, please, point me to some references. i am genuinely interested!) -
@hbdchick comparison with other Slavs could be more helpful if there's data on Eastern Europe about cousin inbreeding -
@ixaos there's no a lot of info on the history of mating patterns in eastern europe out there. *in english* anyway. =/ -
@hbdchick that's bad. W/o info we can only speculate abt how much they were inward breeding -
@ixaos ...the numbers were not insignficant by the reaction of christian missionaries to the pagans of northern europe. they were appalled.. -
@hbdchick I don't like subjective emotions eg appalled as a reliable source of data -
@ixaos ...the time you will NOT find historians to be in agreement on an issue! in this case, they are. - 9 more replies
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