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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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