Re: Incest


"Jim Ford" <jaford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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| In article <483cf93e$0$904$ba4acef3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pgk9
| @alpesprovence.net says...
|
| <snip>
|
| > Instinctive incest aversion is nothing to do with religion. Interbreeding
can
| > produce physiologically impaired offspring, and over eons of kin selection,
| > the drive to successfully pass on our genes through the generations,
| > this has resulted in incest aversion becoming 'imprinted'. The formation
| > of human relationships, generally speaking, takes account of this (and
| > of course, of other aversions, eg to the abuse of pre-adolescent
| > children who cannot yet reproduce).
|
| <snip>
|
| I often wonder whether the reason why I (and I guess many others) find
| foreign and even regional accents attractive and alluring in the
| opposite sex, is to reduce the chances of breeding with a close
| relation.

It could well play a role (writes someone who left the UK long ago to live
between France and the Far East, and with 3 out of 4 kids of dual nationality
;-)

pga


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