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Seems like an unwarranted assumption that "wanting a big family" is a heritable trait
by AprilArcus 4y ago
Seems like an unwarranted assumption that "wanting a big family" is a heritable trait
- bitxbitxbitcoin 4y agoReligion isn’t a veritable trait, but the correlation is strong.
- honkler 4y agoPartly heritable
- dzhiurgis 4y agoThe part where you inherit big enough house and other assets to make it feasible
- someguydave 4y agoIf humanity survives then this trait will emerge and become dominant.
- AlotOfReading 4y agoHumans are part of a lineage that's survived for hundreds of millions or billions of years. We've already had that time. The pressure is simply more complicated than "have big families whatever the cost" and humans have agency.
- ravi-delia 4y agoIf there is any way for genetics to influence family size, it'll quickly spread. Cultural factors and resource constraints dominated for millennia but we'd now expect things to go the other way.