Thread for the general discussion of Outbreeding Depression, particularly in humans, though discussions of the trend in other species is encouraged.This thread seemed to do well last time and was very informative, lots of participation from many anons from different backgrounds citing various forms of evidence on the topic.Thread Theme: >"Does Outbreeding Depression occur in Humans? How do we measure it? And is the mainstream consensus on this issue trustworthy? Why or why not?Adjacent studies and links:>Icelandic Kinship and Fertility Study, Fertility outcomes (Which refers to positive health outcomes following birth) are optimized around 4th-5th Cousin Pairings.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18258915/Higher rates of Cesarean Birth in Mixed populations, with literature citing a verifiable medical reason for Asian Women with non-asian fathers, as well as other kinds of negative pregnancy outcomes.>https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2008/10/asian-white-couples-face-distinct-pregnancy-risks-stanfordpackard-study-finds.html>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18928981/>https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10166644/Great risk of adverse fertility outcomes in Mixed Race couples often justified by socio-economic conditions, seen as an example of artificial selection where modern medical intervention supersedes natural selection, and masks our ability to accurately observe health and fertility outcomes in these populations.>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22776059/>https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8274554/>https://pstc.brown.edu/news/2021-04-16/interracial-couples-have-lower-fertility-rates-average-qian-findsCountries like France and Germany failing to collect ethnicity data, which could be seen as irresponsible in regard to medical records as it makes it hard for us to accurately measure the issue.>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/16/france-and-germany-urged-to-rethink-reluctance-to-gather-ethnicity-data
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