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Perhaps the reason Turks are so fertile is because their testicles had to become more robust and potent to handle a life of being jostled on horseback. Herodotus says that the Scythians sometimes suffered infertility because they wore pants too often and were always riding around on horseback.

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Ashkenazi Jews had explosive birth rates for much of their history and still in religious circles retain high birth rates, so I'm a little surprised you rank them lower than Central Asians.

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