Article
Coevolution of languages and genes on the island of Sumba, eastern Indonesia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Oct 2007
Lansing J Stephen, Cox Murray P, Downey Sean S, Gabler Brandon M, Hallmark Brian, Karafet Tatiana M, Norquest Peter, Schoenfelder John W, Sudoyo Herawati, Watkins Joseph C, Hammer Michael F
Abstract excerpt
Numerous studies indicate strong associations between languages and genes among human populations at the global scale, but all broader scale genetic and linguistic patterns must arise from processes originating at the community level. We examine linguistic and genetic variation in a contact zone on the eastern Indonesian island of Sumba, where Neolithic Austronesian farming communities settled and began...
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