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Re: Karelia, this isn't quite as neat an example as the article makes you think: the vast majority of the native Finnish/Karelian population either migrated to
by jpatokal 11y ago
Re: Karelia, this isn't quite as neat an example as the article makes you think: the vast majority of the native Finnish/Karelian population either migrated to Finland or died in Stalin's gulags, and was replaced by immigrants from elsewhere in the Soviet Union. According to the latest census (2010), under 10% of the current population identifies as "Karelian" or "Finn".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Karelia#Ethnic_groups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Karelia#Ethnic_gro...
- dvogel 11y agoI don't think the article was trying to claim that the population there is genetically different. I read the Karelia passage as arguing that people all over the world have developed fantastically aggressive immune systems that will activate in response to gluten if not given a better target, such as the fecal born pathogens common in Karelian life.