Post A Reply
my profile
|
directory
login
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
Flare Sci-Fi Forums
»
Community
»
Officers' Lounge
»
The road goes on
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message:
HTML is enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] The Dunedain chieftains were pretty much an unbroken Numenorean line, but many of the other Dunedain, and most of the Gondorians, had been interbreeding with the lesser races of Men for the past Age or more, and so had lost the long life of their forebears. Additional: A note on consanguinity. You and your first cousin have enough genetic drift that -- provided you have no markers for congenital defects -- you are, genetically-speaking, as perfectly suited as a couple as anyone more distantly related. The consanguinity tabu only came about in medi�val Europe when the nobility realized that the peasants needed to be kept from consolidating family wealth and holdings the way they had been doing, and had the Church make it a no-no to marry your coisin (even though those nobles kept right on doing just that). It's taken a while to shake off the dogma in this country, but where in 47 states it was illegal to marry one's first cousin a decade ago, that number has dropped to 14 states. Which is nice, because I have some pretty hot cousins... ;) --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
© 1999-2024 Charles Capps
Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3