Phylogenetic Methods and the Prehistory of LanguagesPeter Forster, Colin Renfrew McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2006 - 198 Seiten Evolutionary ('phylogenetic') trees were first used to infer lost histories nearly two centuries ago by manuscript scholars reconstructing original texts. Today, computer methods are enabling phylogenetic trees to transform genetics, historical linguistics and even the archaeological study of artefact shapes and styles. But which phylogenetic methods are best suited to retracing the evolution of languages? And which types of language data are most informative about deep prehistory? In this book, leading specialists engage with these key questions. Essential reading for linguists, geneticists and archaeologists, these studies demonstrate how phylogenetic tools are illuminating previously intractable questions about language prehistory. This innovative volume arose from a conference of linguists, geneticists and archaeologists held at Cambridge in 2004. |
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... reconstruction and internal classification for all members . Alas , as yet , no such classification been established , despite the fact that the overall picture of the Bantu group has been sketched in outline over 100 years ago . 3 ...
... reconstruction and internal classification for all members . Alas , as yet , no such classification been established , despite the fact that the overall picture of the Bantu group has been sketched in outline over 100 years ago . 3 ...
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... reconstruction will in fact eventually lead to a genetically valid tree for Bantu , and that the fact that it has not done so yet is due to the complexity of the task involved . In other words , that it is not surprising that , in view ...
... reconstruction will in fact eventually lead to a genetically valid tree for Bantu , and that the fact that it has not done so yet is due to the complexity of the task involved . In other words , that it is not surprising that , in view ...
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... reconstruction method which is expected to produce a reasonably accurate estimation of the true evolution- ary history when the real data match the model as- sumptions and are of sufficient quantity . In molecular systematics ( i.e. the ...
... reconstruction method which is expected to produce a reasonably accurate estimation of the true evolution- ary history when the real data match the model as- sumptions and are of sufficient quantity . In molecular systematics ( i.e. the ...
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CLARE J HOLDEN RUSSELL D GRAY | 19 |
Bantu Classification Bantu Trees and Phylogenetic Methods | 43 |
Chapter 6 | 67 |
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