Genetics and the origin of European languages.

doi:10.1073/pnas.92.13.5836

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Genetics and the origin of European languages.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Jun 1995

Piazza A, Rendine S, Minch E, Menozzi P, Mountain J, Cavalli-Sforza L L

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A new set of European genetic data has been analyzed to dissect independent patterns of geographic variation. The most important cause of European genetic variation has been confirmed to correspond to the migration of Neolithic farmers from the area of origin of agriculture in the Middle East. Th...

Topics

Alleles
Biological Evolution
Culture
Europe
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Medical
Geography
Language
Polymorphism, Genetic

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