A popular science article  that reveals the connections between the genetic variability within a population, the stability of social classes, the identity of the Messianic King, the line of succession to the British throne, overpopulation, spanish surnames,  the 100 years war, the Notre Dame Cathedral, Darwin's theory of evolution, the tropical forest ... have I forgotten something?

Published in: Selected Lectures on Genealogy: An Introduction to Scientific Tools, edited by H. Daniel Wagner