tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post9205526435448489952..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Incest in Ancient Egypt and Persia: A Westermarckian Response to Paul John FrandsenLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-31559674384124906892012-12-04T18:03:28.497+00:002012-12-04T18:03:28.497+00:00Yes, you're right.
Bittles supports Westermar...Yes, you're right.<br /><br />Bittles supports Westermarck's theory of the incest taboo.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-31336230146443182032012-12-04T15:00:49.860+00:002012-12-04T15:00:49.860+00:00He also doesn't show that those forced into th...He also doesn't show that those forced into these marriages didn't still feel disgust and only did it out of social pressure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-31900681017546732092012-12-03T17:51:53.384+00:002012-12-03T17:51:53.384+00:00That website is maintained by Alan Bittles. One s...That website is maintained by Alan Bittles. One summary of his research is "Genetic Aspects of Inbreeding and Incest" in Wolf and Durham, INBREEDING, INCEST, AND THE INCEST TABOO (2004).<br /><br />A more recent summary is his paper coauthored with M. L. Black, "Consanguineous Marriage and Human Evolution," ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANTHROPOLOGY 39 (2010): 193-207. Here's the abstract:<br /><br />"Mate choice among early human groups and in many historical populations was subject to both demographic and social constraints, ensuring that most unions were between couples who had coinherited substantial proportions of their genomes from common ancestors. Even in populations in which close consanguineous marriage was proscribed, community endogamy would have been sufficient to ensure high levels of homozygosity. Consanguineous marriage remains the choice of an estimated 10.4% of the global population, although there has been an overall decline in its popularity, especially in developed countries. Recent studies have indicated that the shift from consanguineous marriage to panmixia has been accompanied by a reduction in homozygosity. The concomitant predicted decrease in incidence of both recessive single-gene disorders and more common adult-onset diseases will have a significant impact on the health of future generations."Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-84674697847528406672012-12-03T17:02:47.531+00:002012-12-03T17:02:47.531+00:00You might be interested to know that at Murdoch Un...You might be interested to know that at Murdoch University, in Perth Western Australia....there's an institute that studies this kind of thing, and its pernicious secondary influence in the national policies of some nations & regions. <br /><br />Their website is at www.consang.net<br /><br />I'd highly advise viewing their global map of nations in which 1st cousin interbreeding (& closer) is very prevalent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com