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• asdff 1y ago
  Depends on the group. Oldie but goodie (1). Salient quote: "The Mormon gene frequencies are similar to those of their northern European ancestors. This is explained by the large founding size of the Mormon population and high rates of gene flow. In contrast, the religious isolates (Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites) show marked divergence from their ancestral populations and each other, due to isolation and random genetic drift. " 1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1684477/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1684477/
  • lanstin 1y ago
    As above, a few relatively isolated groups has no bearing on the truth of the proposition that all members fall into a small number of distinct groups with large numbers of members. If you map out the reproductive connections betweeen these various small groups, they all connect quickly in terms of evolution.