[Sherman Logan]

Given that slavers aren’t known for marrying their prey, I suggest interbreeding is exactly the right term.

Vulgar, but then the practice of slavery is extremely vulgar in reality.

[OldNewYork]

Given that slavers aren’t known for marrying their prey, I suggest interbreeding is exactly the right term. Vulgar, but then the practice of slavery is extremely vulgar in reality. I'd agree about the vulgarity, but not all of those Easter Islanders descended from both South Americans and Polynesians are descended from forcible slave unions, rape, and the like. Some did intermarry, so might as well use a term like that broad enough to cover it all without insulting those who freely associated, or implying that people or peoples are animals to be bred. I don't think you'll find anyone in Easter Island, or the rest of Chile, with a knowledge of English who'd prefer 'interbred' to 'intermarried'. I'd thought it was just the Norwegian researcher not being familiar with the connotations of the English, but it seems to be from the author of the article. A minor, tangential point anyway.