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		credit_guy on Jan 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still... Well, my guess is that 100% of the Florentines today have easily a majority of their ancestors in the top 10% of the Florentines 600 years ago. Survival of the fittest and stuff ...

iguy on Jan 14, 2019 [–]

Could be, I was trying to be cautious!

But many, many, people are extremely surprised to think that survival of the fittest has any relevance within historical time. Let alone between us and Dante.

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