On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Beth Benoit went:

> I argue that there's no incest taboo in the animal kingdom.  He
> counters that there are lots of biological differences that have
> evolved in humans that don't appear in humans.

In an ethology course in graduate school, I was taught that
"inbreeding avoidance" can actually be seen in many species.  A quick
search of PsycInfo suggests that there's still some disagreement
regarding the strength of the evidence.

--David Epstein
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