Is the population of North Sentinel Island immune to the genetic effects of inbreeding?

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Not trying to be funny, either, but how could an isolated population, of a severely remote/xenophobic island, not just disappear due to the side effects of inbreeding? Do secluded populations eventually become immune to the mutations?

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Inbreeding doesn’t guarentee mutations. It only increases the chance that a mutation will be passed on since both parents are likely to have it. Also, not all mutated genes are speices ending.

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