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Old Jun 18, 2007, 04:46 am   #14 (permalink) (top)
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Mixed marriages would be evolutionarily beneficial; yet such marriages have only gained acceptance within the past few decades.
That's possibly because intolerance is also an instinctive trait à la Tajfel's social identity theory. It could be that, in this case, the instinct for prejudice overcomes the instinct for strengthening the gene pool.
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