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A plausible theory as to why this can happen. Apparently, millions of people (10% in a large region and 0.5% globally) are direct descendants of Genghis Khan,
by sk55 9y ago
A plausible theory as to why this can happen.
Apparently, millions of people (10% in a large region and 0.5% globally) are direct descendants of Genghis Khan, one of the worlds greatest conquerors - and also one of the most prolific breeders[1].
“Lots of men have lots of sons, by chance. But what normally doesn’t happen is the sons have a high probability of having lots of sons themselves. You have to have a reinforcing effect[1]”. You need to have a prolific breeder spread out over a large geographic area whose sons are also more likely to have many kids.
Maybe 8,000 years ago something similar happened.
[1]https://www.nature.com/news/genghis-khan-s-genetic-legacy-has-competition-1.16767 https://www.nature.com/news/genghis-khan-s-genetic-legacy-ha...
- segregationist 9y ago> Apparently, millions of people (10% in a large region and 0.5% globally) are direct descendants of Genghis Khan, one of the worlds greatest conquerors - and also one of the most prolific breeders[1]. You mean one of the most prolific rapists. But since he was a "person of color" (yellow) and many of his victims were white, I doubt his statues will be toppled any time soon.