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A bayesian approach to genome/linguistic relationships in native South Americans.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Amorim Carlos Eduardo Guerra, Bisso-Machado Rafael, Ramallo Virginia, Bortolini Maria Cátira, Bonatto Sandro Luis, Salzano Francisco Mauro, Hünemeier Tábita
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between the evolution of genes and languages has been studied for over three decades. These studies rely on the assumption that languages, as many other cultural traits, evolve in a gene-like manner, accumulating heritable diversity through time and being subjected to evolutionary mechanisms of change. In the present work we used genetic data to evaluate South American linguistic classifications....
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