A recent workshop entitled “The Family Name as Socio-Cultural Feature and Genetic Metaphor: From Concepts to Methods” was held in Paris in December 2010, sponsored by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and by the journal Human Biology. This workshop was intended to foster a debate on questions related to the family names and to compare different multidisciplinary approaches involving geneticists, historians, geographers, sociologists and social anthropologists. This collective paper presents a collection of selected communications.
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Human Biology
Vol. 84 • No. 2
April 2012
Vol. 84 • No. 2
April 2012
database
geographical patterns
historical demography
migration
population genetics
SPACE-TIME EVOLUTION
SURNAMES