Dec 22 2009, 06:01 PM
QUOTE(Mesosmagnet @ Dec 20 2009, 07:34 PM)
I've read many articles over the years regarding incest. And how people are very against such practices.
First allow me to define Incest and Inbreeding : (taken directly from wikipedia)
- Incest is any sexual activity between close relatives (often within the immediate family) irrespective of the ages of the participants and irrespective of their consent, that is illegal, socially taboo or contrary to a religious norm.
- Inbreeding is a genetic term that refers to reproduction as a result of the mating of two animals which are genetically related to each other.
Now though I would actually like to discuss about inbreeding, I would mainly like to discuss inbreeding in humans thus my reason for including incest. Incest usually leads to inbreeding.
To most people today inbreeding is a bad practice. Known results of inbreeding include genetic disorders, lower birth-rate, higher infant mortality, slower growth rate, and immune system problems. And just based on that fact we regard inbreeding as a bad practice.
Here is what most people miss. No matter what you believe in, whether it be in evolution or in God creating man and women. Humans started as few, and in that few, inbreeding must have taken place for the population to grow. And at one point inbreeding stopped and that is what caused the human population to become larger than it should be. Allowing genes of weak members of the species to thrive, is probably human species worst mistake.
Inbreeding helps in the natural selection process, removing the weak genes (which cause members of the species to lose out), so that the strong genes ( from the more fit of the species ) may thrive. What that essentially means is that evolution relies heavily on inbreeding. And when humans stopped inbreeding, we stopped evolving.
As we know evolution happens when the next generation inherits the previous generations traits, and the process is repeated, producing a refined being. Most of the time, these traits passed down to the next generation, which have been developed/cultivated by the previous generation, ends up as recessive genes. Why? Because only genes that are present in both sets of chromosomes will become dominant. And usually the only genes that are present in both sets of chromosomes are the genes of our ancient ancestors. Thus stalling the evolution process.
Unlike animals, humans are in control of their environment, and they are able to choose who they reproduce with. And based on that humans should be evolving much faster than most other beings on the planet. Proof of that is found when livestock breeders perform selective breeding and culling. This process produces the "best" livestock based on the criteria that the breeder has chosen.
My short point of view on the topic. Please share what you think.
my knowledge to this topic is really limited. So im just voicing opinion, dont flame me if i got it all wrong First allow me to define Incest and Inbreeding : (taken directly from wikipedia)
- Incest is any sexual activity between close relatives (often within the immediate family) irrespective of the ages of the participants and irrespective of their consent, that is illegal, socially taboo or contrary to a religious norm.
- Inbreeding is a genetic term that refers to reproduction as a result of the mating of two animals which are genetically related to each other.
Now though I would actually like to discuss about inbreeding, I would mainly like to discuss inbreeding in humans thus my reason for including incest. Incest usually leads to inbreeding.
To most people today inbreeding is a bad practice. Known results of inbreeding include genetic disorders, lower birth-rate, higher infant mortality, slower growth rate, and immune system problems. And just based on that fact we regard inbreeding as a bad practice.
Here is what most people miss. No matter what you believe in, whether it be in evolution or in God creating man and women. Humans started as few, and in that few, inbreeding must have taken place for the population to grow. And at one point inbreeding stopped and that is what caused the human population to become larger than it should be. Allowing genes of weak members of the species to thrive, is probably human species worst mistake.
Inbreeding helps in the natural selection process, removing the weak genes (which cause members of the species to lose out), so that the strong genes ( from the more fit of the species ) may thrive. What that essentially means is that evolution relies heavily on inbreeding. And when humans stopped inbreeding, we stopped evolving.
As we know evolution happens when the next generation inherits the previous generations traits, and the process is repeated, producing a refined being. Most of the time, these traits passed down to the next generation, which have been developed/cultivated by the previous generation, ends up as recessive genes. Why? Because only genes that are present in both sets of chromosomes will become dominant. And usually the only genes that are present in both sets of chromosomes are the genes of our ancient ancestors. Thus stalling the evolution process.
Unlike animals, humans are in control of their environment, and they are able to choose who they reproduce with. And based on that humans should be evolving much faster than most other beings on the planet. Proof of that is found when livestock breeders perform selective breeding and culling. This process produces the "best" livestock based on the criteria that the breeder has chosen.
My short point of view on the topic. Please share what you think.
Well as u said,
Here is what most people miss. No matter what you believe in, whether it be in evolution or in God creating man and women. Humans started as few, and in that few, inbreeding must have taken place for the population to grow. And at one point inbreeding stopped and that is what caused the human population to become larger than it should be. Allowing genes of weak members of the species to thrive, is probably human species worst mistake.
from this quote, u are making ur assumption in the point of view where u believe God created man and women. I myself believe in god too, but scientist has succesfully linked us to chimps(or is it ape) and they concluded that our species evolved from them. Scientificly, the apes "incested" and evolved when the popularity was enough
once again, CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG
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