[Hematology, genetics and ethnology (author's transl)].

Abstract

The concept of geographical haematology described by Jean Bernard in 1965-1966, found a remarkable application field in Anthropology. The human ecology which allows to measure the influence of environmental factors in man through some haematological variations, has been added to the genetics of human populations, revealed by the blood groups discovery. It has been now demonstrated that, in man, cultural or sociological features can act a genetical isolation more effective that natural boundaries. So, an ethnological haematology is superimposed on the geographical haematology of which it can modify outlines.