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Originally Posted by JoeBlack
I hadn't given it much thought. A brief search tells me that it a desirable trait to possess in a specimen. It sounds medical, and sterile to me. Non human in a way.
Genetics and selective breeding? Definitely not human.
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Hybrid vigor or heterosis, of course, happens with humans, whether the parents got together through love or otherwise. My Dutch uncle was born and raised in colonial Java, Indonesia. He used to talk of the sadness of the usually beautiful Dutch/Indonesians who were frequently rejected by both races, both in Indonesia and in the Netherlands. Recently I read of mixed race Koreans in Korea who did not fit in, and as a result gravitated towards the arts, where the subject of the article became a rock star. The article stated that these racial crosses showed hybrid vigor, mostly being taller than other Koreans, and that the same was to be found in other Asian nations that the US military had visited. Later, I read an article discussing California high schools that had a high % of Asians and higher GPAs than those high schools with fewer Asians. Those Asians called those of mixed race, hybrids, with no negative connotations intended. My 2 grandsons are White/Phillipine crosses, and an adult nephew is a White/Ga from Ghana cross, and all show hybrid vigor, in my biased opinion, plus they have the benefit of knowing 2 or more cultures. My nephew has a Philipine/American girl friend, so there is the further possibility of my family producing more children with hybrid vigor. I sure like seeing it.