Genes, peoples, and languages.

doi:10.1073/pnas.94.15.7719

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Genes, peoples, and languages.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jul 1997

Cavalli-Sforza L L

Abstract excerpt

The genetic history of a group of populations is usually analyzed by reconstructing a tree of their origins. Reliability of the reconstruction depends on the validity of the hypothesis that genetic differentiation of the populations is mostly due to population fissions followed by independent evo...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Genetics, Population
Humans
Language
Mutation

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