America Past, America Present: Genes and Languages in the Americas and BeyondColin Renfrew McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2000 - 175 Seiten Aspects of the prehistory of the Americas currently remain little understood, with suggested dates for the first human colonization varying widely between 40,000 and 14,000 years ago. In this volume, molecular geneticists and historical linguists debate the evidence for the first peopling of the Americas, and for the subsequent emergence of the remarkable genetic and linguistic diversity still seen among Native Americans to this day. Part I offers a general consideration of the theme of language distribution and genetic variation in human populations with emphasis on the population-specific polymorphism issue. In parts II and III linguistic variation in Native American populations and their accompanying molecular genetic variability are discussed by leading specialists. In the final part unanswered questions in historical linguistics are debated, including the macrofamily problem with particular reference to the postulated but contoversial Amerind family. |
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... comparative method amount to ' overkill ' ? If so , might there be other , less stringent methods that would pro- vide at least reasonable proof of relationship in less clear cases ? For much of this century a few linguists have been ...
... comparative method amount to ' overkill ' ? If so , might there be other , less stringent methods that would pro- vide at least reasonable proof of relationship in less clear cases ? For much of this century a few linguists have been ...
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... comparison leaves us confronting the question posed at the end of section 4 : can we construct alternative methods of proving linguis- tic relationships which are less stringent than the comparative method , but are nevertheless ...
... comparison leaves us confronting the question posed at the end of section 4 : can we construct alternative methods of proving linguis- tic relationships which are less stringent than the comparative method , but are nevertheless ...
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... comparative method ? - It is often asserted that the comparative method in linguistics is limited to the relatively shallow time depth of 6000 to 8000 years , before which all trace of genetic affinity if any ever existed has been lost ...
... comparative method ? - It is often asserted that the comparative method in linguistics is limited to the relatively shallow time depth of 6000 to 8000 years , before which all trace of genetic affinity if any ever existed has been lost ...
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emergence | 17 |
The genetic origins of Old Testament priests | 31 |
their reliability | 47 |
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