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It's weird how human behavior mirrors scientific basis without pre-existing knowledge. It seems Roman Law required, exactly, 4 degrees of familial separation.
by Meandering 6y ago
It's weird how human behavior mirrors scientific basis without pre-existing knowledge. It seems Roman Law required, exactly, 4 degrees of familial separation.
"Roman civil law prohibited marriages within four degrees of consanguinity[44] but had no degrees of affinity with regards to marriage."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest#Antiquity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest#Antiquity
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