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[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Those laws and customs predates knowledge of genetics significantly.

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Humans may not have consciously known that incest was bad, but evolution made us think so before we were even humans. ~~All~~ Some animals avoid incest, it's not just humans. We only created those laws and customs because evolution already made us believe that incest is bad. It's pre-programmed in us, so to speak.

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

All animals avoid incest

That isn't even remotely true.

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 1 week ago

Fair - but humans are definitely not the only animals that do.

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