Aproximació a la problemàtica del poblament humà de Catalunya des de l'antropologia Authors Jaume Bertranpetit i Busquets Abstract The study of human settlement in areas where hominid remains are very ancient becomes, in fact, the study of the biodynamics of the population, which can be ascertained by considering the similitude with the neigbouhring populations whenever such similitudes could be interpretated as genetic kinship. This is the case in Catalonia. After a review of the problem from prehistoric anthropology by means of the morphological traits in human remains, the problem is treated using the comparaison of the circummediterranean populations by means of two genetic markers: dermatoglyphics and blood groups. Using the UPGMA algorithm, hierarchical cluster analysis has been performed on Prevosti's distance matrices, obtaining results which can help us in the understanding of the position of the Catalonian population in the Mediterranean context. Both markers make a distinction between the Southeastern and Northwestern Mediterranean populations. Gibraltar is shown as a marked discontinuity, which indicates the scarce influence of the Muslim invasions in the genetic pool of the Iberian Peninsula. The European populations from the Western Mediterranean are highly homogeneous. A genetic flow has existed among them which has not permitted the establishment of discontinuities. The Catalonian population is to be found within this continuum. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2005-05-05 Issue Vol. 50 : 1984 : Commemoratiu Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural.Authors answer to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.