[eng] Abstract A sample of 38 700 observations on recruits was extracted from archival military documents generated under the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. These are the earliest written records on human physical stature hitherto analyzed. Average human height is depending on nutritional...

[eng] Abstract This article is based upon the analysis of the fides of 13 195 young men, who were students at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, from its foundation in 1794 up to 1887 ; it is an anthropométrie study of their height.variables which have been taken into account include the...

[eng] Abstract This article proposes a model of the development of traditional economics. This model is "malthusian" : the propensity of population to grow faster than food supplies generates long cycles, which lead into serious crises, as in the 14th and 17th centuries. However, the model is...