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> Surely very high intermarriage rates between different European ethnicities complicate that Very high intermarriage rates? Wherever did you pick up such an i
by interfixus 9y ago
> Surely very high intermarriage rates between different European ethnicities complicate that
Very high intermarriage rates? Wherever did you pick up such an idea?
> In that case, wouldn't the opposite behavior be expected? If the goal were to have as little genetic variation as possible humans would be better off reproducing asexually
There is no 'goal'. And too little variation seems to be a universally bad idea.
It is a simple, observablke fact that most of us stick to partners reminiscent of ourselves. We may argue about the reasons, but the thing itself is clear and obvious.
- emodendroket 9y agoMarriages between different ethnicities of white Americans are so commonplace they're not even considered interracial. To my second point, the whole benefit of sexual reproduction is genetic diversity, so it's odd to have some evolutionarily dictated behavior pulling the opposite way.
- interfixus 9y agoOh, Americans. I am European and took 'European ethnicities' to refer to actual Europeans. We don't mix all that much.
- emodendroket 9y agoWell, yeah, there are a whole different set of circumstances there.