Talk:Vadoma

Brother from Zimbabwe?
Are the Vadoma an archetype for the protagonist in John Sayles' 1984 film, The Brother from Another Planet? -- Deborahjay (talk) 19:03, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Link not work
The linke "Not Just Making Babies Photo half way down" dis not work. If someone can get it to work then good, if not I'll take it out.--Lord Don-Jam (talk) 19:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Language and race
What Language and race?--Kaiyr (talk) 09:28, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Race is, rather obviously, human. 194.197.48.129 (talk) 09:14, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Inbreeding depression?
1. A higher prevalence of a dominant trait can never be the result of inbreeding depression:

"In medical terms the condition is an autosomal﻿ dominant form of ectrodactyly and it is probable that the faulty gene arose by mutation in a common progenitor."

— Viljoen D et﻿ al. "Ectrodactyly in central Africa." S Air Med J (1985) vol. 68 pp. 655-658

http://archive.samj.org.za/1985%20VOL%20LXVIII%20Jul-Dec/Articles/04%20October/2.12%20ECTRODACTYLY%20IN%20CENTRAL%20AFRICA,%20D.Viljoen,%20H.McD.Farrel,%20J.J.Brossy,%20M.McArthur,%20M.Maheswara.pdf

2. It isn't even clear that ectrodactyly among Wadoma isn't positively selected:

"Mr Maburani estimates his age to be between 45 and 55 years. He was born with the deformity, walks normally and is not in the least physically inconvenienced by his condition, apart from being unable to wear normal shoes"

"There appears to be no stigma artached to the deformity. In fact the school teachers, who are not of the same tribe, seemed rather proud﻿ of their association with Mr Maburani and his children and spoke of him as something of a celebrity on account of his skill at hunting and tree climbing. One of them expressed the opinion that Mr Maburani could easily outrun a buck."

— Farrell "The two-toed Wadoma — familial ectrodactyly in Zimbabwe" S Afr Med J (1984) vol.65 pp.531-533

http://archive.samj.org.za/1984%20VOL%20LXV%20Jan-Jun/Articles/03%20March/5.11%20THE%20TWO-TOED%20WADOMA-%20FAMILIAL%20ECTRODACTLY%20IN%20ZIMBABWE,%20H.B.McD.Farrel.pdf

--80.174.254.162 (talk) 12:59, 19 June 2013 (UTC)