Fox's Kilmeade Decries Ethnic Mixing of 'Pure' Yanks

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 9, 2009 4:49 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fox and Friends anchor Brian Kilmeade yesterday lamented the ethnic mixing that has diluted "pure" Americans, Gawker points out. He made his comments as he criticized a study concluding that married people stave off dementia better than singles. Kilmeade insisted the results were skewed because the Scandinavian study used local populations who tend to stay "pure" by marrying other Scandinavians, unlike Americans who marry other "ethnics" and "species." Co-host Gretchen Carlson asked him if he was suffering from dementia.

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Rob

Jul 10, 2009 1:25 AM CDT

Actually, genetic "out crossing" (marrying outside) should add vigor to offspring and reduce the chances of accumulating destructive alleles. Homogenous populations have higher rates of genetic disorders than do heterogeneous ones.

Rob

Jul 10, 2009 1:21 AM CDT

Homo floresiensis was present around 18,000 years ago, while Homo neanderthalensis disappeared around 70,000 years ago. Although there is still ongoing debate as to whether either of these actually represent separate species.

Rob

Jul 10, 2009 1:18 AM CDT

Zaius is absolutely right. And genetic diversity is higher in areas of evolutionary origin, such as central Africa, and much lower in areas of later colonization, such as Scandinavia. And there are settled pools of homogenous human populations all over the planet. I fail to see why this bothers anyone.

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