A formal test of linguistic and genetic coevolution in native Central and South America.

@article{citeulike:1058466, abstract = {This paper investigates a mechanism of linguistic and genetic coevolution in Native Central and South America. This mechanism proposes that a process of population fissions, expansions into new territories, and isolation of ancestral and descendant groups will produce congruent language and gene trees. To evaluate this population fissions mechanism, we collected published mtDNA sequences for 1,381 individuals from 17 Native Central and South American populations. We then tested the hypothesis that three well-known language classifications also represented the genetic structure of these populations. We rejected the hypothesis for each language classification. Our tests revealed linguistic and genetic correspondence in several shallow branches common to each classification, but no linguistic and genetic correspondence in the deeper branches contained in two of the language classifications. We discuss the possible causes for the lack of congruence between linguistic and genetic structure in the region, and describe alternative mechanisms of linguistic and genetic correspondence and their predictions. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2007. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.}, address = {Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106.}, author = {Hunley, K L L. and Cabana, G S S. and Merriwether, D A A. and Long, J C C. }, citeulike-article-id = {1058466}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20542}, issn = {0002-9483}, journal = {Am J Phys Anthropol}, keywords = {anthropology, genetics, language, language\_evolution}, month = {January}, posted-at = {2007-01-23 13:12:40}, priority = {2}, title = {A formal test of linguistic and genetic coevolution in native Central and South America.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20542}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1058466 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1058466 TI - A formal test of linguistic and genetic coevolution in native Central and South America. JF - Am J Phys Anthropol AD - Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106. SN - 0002-9483 N2 - This paper investigates a mechanism of linguistic and genetic coevolution in Native Central and South America. This mechanism proposes that a process of population fissions, expansions into new territories, and isolation of ancestral and descendant groups will produce congruent language and gene trees. To evaluate this population fissions mechanism, we collected published mtDNA sequences for 1,381 individuals from 17 Native Central and South American populations. We then tested the hypothesis that three well-known language classifications also represented the genetic structure of these populations. We rejected the hypothesis for each language classification. Our tests revealed linguistic and genetic correspondence in several shallow branches common to each classification, but no linguistic and genetic correspondence in the deeper branches contained in two of the language classifications. We discuss the possible causes for the lack of congruence between linguistic and genetic structure in the region, and describe alternative mechanisms of linguistic and genetic correspondence and their predictions. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2007. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc. KW - anthropology KW - genetics KW - language KW - language_evolution AU - Hunley, K L AU - Cabana, G S AU - Merriwether, D A AU - Long, J C PY - 2007/01/04/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20542 ER -