Friday, March 23, 2007

MARRY YOUR COUSIN

I'm reading 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson at the minute. In fact, I've been reading it for over two years, but that's a reflection of my laziness, not the book's intrigue. Anyway, I just came across a quote I wanted to share.
"Having married his own cousin, Darwin glumly suspected that certain physical and mental frailties among his children arose from a lack of diversity in his family tree."
Brilliant.

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