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Are we all related?
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Daemon Sophic
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You betcha cousin!
Literally. we are all at least EXTREMELY distant cousins.
Literally. we are all at least EXTREMELY distant cousins.
According to Greg Graffin in his book Anarchy Evolution, we only need to go back 1000 to 2000 years before we find a common ancestor of any two random people.
Fun fact: every US president except Martin van Buren is descended from King John Lackland of England.
There's an active branch of research to find the original man and women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve goes over some of that research.
VERY distantly: so distant that it's not really important.
Why am I not surprised... ^_^
Why am I not surprised... ^_^
No, Mitochondrial Eve is not supose to be the "original" woman. Click on the article you posted and read the first sentence. This is a search for the "most recent" common ancestor. Not the most ancient, not the oldest, not the original. The "most recent".
It's not? In what way is it not important?
As in, it's distant enough that it shouldn't ignite any "icky incest" reactions.
Oh. Well, I have no problem at all with incest, so that could be why I was kind of like "eh?" when I read that. XD Part of why I have no problem with it is precisely because we're all the same ruddy species anyway.
So would I. I refer to reality as a whole as "The Weave" for a reason.
What all this implies is up to interpretation. Some people are put off by relatedness, others find no meaning in it others still see it as a cue for reverence or respect.
I have no problem with it from a legal standpoint, but I do understand that most times, offspring is deformed or handicapped in some way, with the risk greater the closer the relationship.
Daemon Sophic
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Not "most" times, but far too frequently than you (or anyone) would like. :run:
"Mixed" marraiges lead to genetically healthier kids. :yes: While all that "keep the race pure" kinda carp will end up with lots more spontaneous abortions and some surviving relatively (no pun intended) genetic weaklings. :cover:
Gordian Knot
Being Deviant IS My Art.
Go back far enough and yes we are indeed all related. And I'm not just talking about human beings. Or even just primates. Or even just mammals. Or even just vertebrates.
The reality is that every living thing that has ever lived on the planet is made up of strands of DNA (with a few very early exceptions of RNA).
We all share a genetic heritage that goes back to some of the earliest life forms on the planet.
MistuhAtheist
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Evolutionarily speaking, yes. We have (probably) all evolved from the same bacterium or single cell organism, so we are related to everything (once again, probably). But speaking about blood relations, as in children, parents, e.t.c, no. If the story of Adam and Eve is true, then that would mean that everyone would have been related and of course, as a result, everyone would be inbred mutation. But maybe we never were like now, and have just been inbred to look like we do now...
Anyway, thanks for putting that out, it is an interesting topic.
MistuhAtheist out!
Anyway, thanks for putting that out, it is an interesting topic.
MistuhAtheist out!
kashmir
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Hell no, I came from a totally different world than everyone else, I am not related to anyone from earth, ewwww, nope, notta one.
well if there is any millionaires on here looking for their long lost cousin, that be me
To be honest, dont tell anyone but I was a test tube baby.
My daddy was an eye dropper
well if there is any millionaires on here looking for their long lost cousin, that be me
To be honest, dont tell anyone but I was a test tube baby.
My daddy was an eye dropper
Nice comments from all. It seems to be a place where creationism and evolitionism might be on the same page. Major difference is creationists believe in such a smaller timeline but still end up with the same idea that all the billions of people are related going back far enough.
