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Re:Surnames offer depressing clues to extent of social mobil... by jmerton on Saturday November 09, 2013 @07:31AM (#6701453)
No. Crudely put, the rich guys get the pretty girls. This re-averages the IQ. There's an article somewhere; sorry I don't have a link handy. Edit: This re-averages the overall genetic factors.
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Re:Surnames offer depressing clues to extent of social mobil... by guard-of-terra on Saturday November 09, 2013 @07:38AM (#6701463)
And pretty girls are healthy ones. Which lets powerful ones avoid degeneration.
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