Genghis Khan: most prolific man in history? (Science) By Thorgeir Blund Sun Feb 9th, 2003 at 01:09:15 AM EST
A recent study suggests Genghis Khan's direct patrilineal descendants today constitute ~8% of men in a large area of Asia (~0.5% of the world population). With 16 million living men carrying his Y-chromosome, Genghis Khan had about 800,000 times the reproductive success of the average man of his age. What was his secret?
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/2/8/214236/6651The key seems to have been Genghis Khan's unique value system:
"The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms"
