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And enough people made that crossing successfully to create a stable population of 320,000 people [1] without in breeding problems? [1] https://www.aihw.gov.au
by grecy 4y ago
And enough people made that crossing successfully to create a stable population of 320,000 people [1] without in breeding problems?
[1] https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/profile-of-indigenous-australians https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/profile-o...
- rippercushions 4y agoAboriginal Australian do, in fact, suffer from a disproportionate number of hereditary diseases: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/212/5/lessons-learned-genetic-research-indigenous-australian-participants https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/212/5/lessons-learned-ge... While there is considerable genetic diversity between Aboriginals as a whole, the diversity of individual communities is often quite low, and in response many communities evolved elaborate kinship systems to avoid too much intermarriage.