Posted on 12/03/2019 11:05:54 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A distinctive jutting jawline seen in dozens of pictures from the Habsburg dynasty of Spanish and Austrian kings was caused by inbreeding, researchers have found.
The family intermarried multiple times, securing power and influence across a European empire for 200 years - but it carried with it an unusual by-product.
The distinctive ‘Habsburg jaw’ can be seen in dozens of paintings, and researchers analysed the deformity, comparing it to the degree of relatedness in the kings and wives pictured in the images.
Professor Roman Vilas from the University of Santiago de Compostela said, "The Habsburg dynasty was one of the most influential in Europe, but became renowned for inbreeding, which was its eventual downfall.
“We show for the first time that there is a clear positive relationship between inbreeding and appearance of the Habsburg jaw.”
The researchers recruited 10 maxillofacial (face, mouth and jaw) surgeons to diagnose facial deformity in 66 portraits of 15 members of the Habsburg dynasty.
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Inbreeding ... why there are more “the Lame” than “the Great”.
City slickers and they hoity toity give some country folk grief for alleged activities that the royals did ... and they kiss the kiesers of the royals.
You’d think he could have groomed his eyebrows for the portrait. They’re already too close to his beady lil’ eyes.
Kind of like Muslims.
It’s a big nothingburger compared to arabs and muslims(SPIT!) inbreeding. Study them, Professor Roman Vilas from the University of Santiago de Compostela...
No way that will happen. It would be racist to study in-breeding in that protected class.
Peach
It’s now their inbred jaws that marked many as fools.
Must be a slow news day so they are recycling.. I read about this years ago.
Thanks Tolerance Sucks Rocks.
Actually this is a two jaw deformity that is not uncommon. Notice the sallow cheek bones and flat appearance of the middle face. This is maxillary hypoplasia or an upper jaw that has not developed forward and down. This combined with a excessive horizontal growth of the lower jaw create a gross dentofacial deformity. I would surgically advance the upper jaw (maxilla) and surgically “setback” the lower jaw to create facial harmony and a functional occlusion.
Follow your own link and check out the image provided for the HRE at its greatest extent.
Yep, it was only about 1/2 of continental Europe.
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