Affiliation:
1. Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York, Vanbrugh College, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Abstract
L.L. Cavalli Sforza had the great merit of transposing the methods and concepts of a modern natural science, human genetics, into historical research; after this model, it is now possible to transfer the research style and results of another growing discipline, cognitive biolinguistics, to the field of history. It is along this new line that it becomes finally possible to formally pursue Cavalli Sforza’s enterprise of assessing the degree of congruence between genetic and linguistic diversification of human populations.
Publisher
Pivot Science Publications Corporation
Subject
Earth-Surface Processes,Geography, Planning and Development,General Psychology,Life-span and Life-course Studies,Education,Philosophy,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy,Linguistics and Language,Education,Speech and Hearing,General Medicine,Otorhinolaryngology,Library and Information Sciences,Information Systems,Software,Software
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