Darwin's Tomatoes
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 11 Sep 2024 09:12
https://mander.xyz/post/17910797

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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 2024 10:25 next collapse

I’m sure he wasn’t the first to notice that incest had negative health effects.

lath@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 2024 11:16 collapse

And yet, it was witchcraft.

“Those damned heretics!.. May the Divine smite them down each time we cousins clap cheeks!”

Kecessa@sh.itjust.works on 11 Sep 2024 10:36 next collapse

Incest must have been going on further back in their families because first cousins do have higher risk of genetic issues but it’s barely higher than normal if it’s a first occurrence (hence marriage between first cousins being legal in most places even to this day).

undergroundoverground@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 2024 12:55 collapse

Oh, for sure but come the 50th occurrence however…

lolrightythen@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 2024 14:27 collapse

I mean, yeah - what they said.

And Arkansas needs a tax base, so this family reunion is sponsored by Tinder!

Mac@mander.xyz on 12 Sep 2024 00:47 collapse

there needs to be a word or phrase for when someone simply restates the previous comment.

Flyberius@hexbear.net on 11 Sep 2024 10:55 collapse

I’m pretty sure the effects of inbreeding have always been well known.

Sorry to ackshully, the joke was funny