A small matrilineal group that traces descent from a woman who lived only four or five generations earlier has ____ a larger group tracing descent from a woman who lived ten generations earlier.

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Genealogical depth refers to the number of generations through which descent is traced. A group tracing descent from a woman four or five generations earlier has fewer generations in its lineage, hence less genealogical depth, compared to a group tracing back ten generations.

A Small Matrilineal Group That Traces Descent from a Woman