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[–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Missed opportunity to include his praise of inbreeding to produce "superior stock".

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    What?

    No.

    Darwin married his first cousin, yeah...that was the social norm at the time, not long ago.

    But he hypothesized and later proved that the inbreeding was a direct cause of his children's poor health.

    I wouldn't say he was a fan of inbreeding, just a reluctant participant who eventually warned us of its dangers.

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