Posted on 05/05/2021 11:56:54 AM PDT by massmike
We usually assume that inbreeding is bad and should be avoided under all circumstances. But new research performed by researchers at Stockholm University, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, shows that there is little support for this assumption.
The idea that animals should avoid mating with relatives has been the starting point for hundreds of scientific studies performed among many species. But it turns out the picture is more complicated.
“People assume that animals should avoid mating with a relative when given the chance,” says Raïssa de Boer, researcher in zoology at Stockholm University. “But evolutionary theory has been telling us that animals should tolerate, or even prefer, mating with relatives under a broad range of conditions for more than four decades.”
The study also looked at inbreeding avoidance in humans, comparing the results with similar experiments with animals.
“We compared studies that asked if humans avoid inbreeding when presented with pictures of faces that were digitally manipulated to make the faces look either more or less related to studies that used similar approaches in other animals. Just like other animals, it turns out that there is no evidence that humans prefer to avoid inbreeding,” says Raïssa de Boer.
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The thought of it is quite odd but then they just may be more stable. after all it takes a village.
So when do they start to “normalize” incest? When does some famous person get a pic on the cover of vanity fair signaling that everyone is expected to go all gaga over it?
Wow... umm, this article’s title and the content are wildly different.
The study showed that when presented with pictures of people who show similarities to their own genetics, they didn’t dismiss those people as potential mates. There’s a BIG difference between finding a family member attractive and ACTUALLY mating with them.
There are many reasons why mating in your own gene pool is a bad idea. This study doesn’t say a damn thing about actual biology.
Our western way of thinking may be the issue. But then how do you get a kamikaze pilot to fly his plane into an American battleship? Some activities are questionable. Others are just weird.
What if my sister identifies as someone I’ve never met? It’s cool then, right?
I think the reasons humans have a taboo is not mostly because of possible birth defects.
“But evolutionary theory has been telling us that animals should tolerate, or even prefer, mating with relatives under a broad range of conditions for more than four decades.”
Define “should”.
Read the article.
Stockholm University pushing incest, great.........
We are so frakin’ dooomed.
It seems likely that it would be the same with humans.
We're not animals.
We're God's creations
19 states allow first cousins to marry.
That won’t stop the bestials from advocating bestiality.
So are the rest of the animals
To liberals, incest is best.
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