An archaeogenetic study sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain. Besides isolation and endogamy, researchers have also identified the variola virus, which can ...

What is the purpose of a business? Standard economic models base their assumptions that firms aim at maximizing profits. Businesses in practice are also accustomed to measuring success in terms of ...

In several regions across India, marriages within the same community or amongst relatives have contributed to a rise in certain inherited health conditions. This widespread cultural practice of ...

A Catholic group campaigning against endogamy in the Syro-Malabar Church has urged the Eastern rite Church in India to end the centuries-old practice and “to uphold the values of justice and fairness.

Deletions of the Y chromosomes which is responsible for the production of sperms may cause infertility in Indian men, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal ...

The endogamous Knanaya Catholics in the southern Indian state of Kerala have marked the end of their centuries-old practice of not marrying outside the close-knit community when one of their parishes ...

The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, illustrates how the ethnicity, endogamy and long-time geographical isolation of Indian populations might have played a major role in the high ...