Abstract:Although biodemography prefers to focus on isolated human populations, in our analysis we have considered an opened community, neither culturally nor geographically separated from the nearby communities. The aim of the present study was to reconstruct the degree of consanguinity and assess the level of openness of a certain French population through the observation of its people's matrimonial behavior. Marriages and, in general, the choice of the partner, are often affected by culture and society which affect,… Show more
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