2006-07-06 10:13:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Maybe.
2006-07-06 10:16:50 · answer #1 · answered by Actualmente, Disfruto Siendo Lycantropica 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not shallower, but maybe not as diversified a gene pool, just due to lack of contact with others not within the town pool of available partners.
An argument COULD be made that rural dwellers are more chromosomally pure than city dwellers. Marrying your sister is only bad (genetically speaking-leaving out the social commentary) if it reinforces harmful genes both you and your sister have. If it does reinforce harmful genes, and the mutations are bad enough to end in death or sterility of any issue of this union, then these traits eventually die out completely and only the good genes remains. Living in rural areas for centuries, most of the really harmful genes would have been weeded out after so much time.
That being said, its never a good idea to breed within your own gene pool for too long. The other side of the harmful gene thing is maybe youre reinforcing harmful genes which are NOT contra-survival, but still puts the owner at a distinct disadvantage (mental retardation, etc). Within the narrower gene pool, theres less competition for breeding, so not as many harmfuls die out completely (even the pug-ugliest chick can find someone at the Sadie Hawkins dance).
2006-07-11 12:18:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering the vast majority of city-dwellers were "rural dwellers" in the last generation, or not too long before that, don't get your hopes up.
And so long as you can still procreate with any other human of the opposite sex, you "evolved" from the same gene pool as everyone else.
Sorry man. If you are a city dweller, though, maybe that means more hope for your offspring though.
2006-07-06 19:26:08 · answer #3 · answered by QED 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's see who could survive a week without power and then decide who is smarter. Country folk would survive! They know how to grow there on food and smoke too! There ain't too many things them old boys can't do! I'm from the country and I like it that way! I hate living in the city. I swear it drives me crazy. I hear gun shots all of the time. The only time I ever heard gun shots in the country it was hunting season and someone went out to find dinner.
2006-07-10 15:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by SouthernBelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whuts this bout a pool at Genes place? I magine that the pool is purt near dry what with all this warm weather we been a havin. I reckon you city folk got some fancy shmancy way to keep the water in the pool.
2006-07-06 18:34:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering that all city dwellers came from rural types, doesn't that make your question just a tad rediculous?
2006-07-11 22:02:07 · answer #6 · answered by michael s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's that rural dwellers jump in the pool with their jeans on
2006-07-06 17:34:27 · answer #7 · answered by normkeefer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the rural gene pool is as deep as any, but rather than family trees they have family brambles, not many forks in that shrub, lots of looping vines
2006-07-06 20:22:53 · answer #8 · answered by marduk D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come out here to the country and lets see how you feel about your genetic makeup when a bear is chewing your a s s!
2006-07-06 17:27:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not. People coming up with such notions is the reason why I am beginning to lose faith in the majority of humanity.
2006-07-06 18:11:49 · answer #10 · answered by shea_8705 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously if that is what you think then you aren't as evolved as you seem to think.
2006-07-06 17:56:07 · answer #11 · answered by Kei , 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋