Is inbreeding like asexuality?
The standard argument for why there is aversion to incest among humans as matter of innate disposition is the Westermarck effect, which is a model where aversion to mating emerges if you are raised with an individual of the opposite sex. Some basic ill…
“Inadvertent” incest detection?
Ruchira and Randall Parker point me to a new story about routine genomics screens detecting first degree incest:
Beaudet wrote in the letter that “clinicians uncovering a likely incestuous relationship may be legally required to report it to chil…
“Inadvertent” incest detection?
Ruchira and Randall Parker point me to a new story about routine genomics screens detecting first degree incest:
Beaudet wrote in the letter that “clinicians uncovering a likely incestuous relationship may be legally required to report it to chil…
The individual & social risks of cousin marriage
The map above shows the distribution of consanguineous marriages. As you can see there’s a fair amount of cross-cultural variation. In the United States there’s a stereotype of cousin marriage being the practice of backward hillbillies or …