Family ties that bind? A high percentage of farmers at 9500-year-old Basta in Jordan shared a genetic defect in which two incisors (red numbers) were missing.
Credit: Archive of the Basta Joint Archeological Project; (inset) J. Kranzbhler/SIGN Project
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Incestors instead of ancestors!
Adam and Eve started it all. However, they were perfect until sin entered through disobedience. It’s been downhill ever since.
In before the picture of the Appalachian inbreds.
What in the world does the word also in the title imply?
Genetic ping...
Were the ancient farmers all Appalachian?
Sure my sister has a blouse full of goodies and a great tail but it is just wrong
There have been other periods when the only mating prospects in some areas were relatives, such as following the great plague of the early middle ages where 35%+ of the population was decimated.
“Lucy” (found in Kenya, BTW), was somebody’s composite girlfriend.
So what were some Swiss doing in southern Jordan 9500 years ago? If they went there to see Petra, those ruins are older than we thought.
Were the ancient farmers all Appalachian?
Hmmm. This was the pre-islam middle east area. THe religion may have changed but the inbreeding stays the same.
Inbread Cat does not understand the hubub. Bub.
When you think about the implications of farming vs. nomadic hunting/gathering it may be a logical outcome.
Farming means families are going to stay in one place together, probably for most of their lives. Not much choice of finding a mate from outside the immediate family group/clan/tribe.
Nomadic hunting groups however might well run into other families with the ensuing wider choice of mates.