1994/09/01 by A.H. Bittles · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Mathematics · #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research #Consanguinity #Demography #Variable (mathematics) #Geography #Biology #Genetics #Sociology #Mathematics
paper · doi:10.2307/2137601
openalex publication_date 1994/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19
The predominant western stereotype of inbreeding is of a poor and remote community, a large proportion of whose inhabitants suffer from obscure physical disorders and exhibit obvious symptoms of mental subnormality. In most instances this characterization is almost mythic, although isolated, inbred communities occasionally have been documented...