On The Genetic Similarities & Linguistic Diversity Of The People From The Bismarck Archipelago & Bougainville, Melanesia
A new paper in the open access journal PLoS Genetics reports on a comparison of genetic, geographic, and linguistic patterns …
Tag Archives: Linguistic Anthropology
The Mitochondrial & Y-Chromosome Variation Of The Talysh From Iran & Azerbaijan
Ivan Nasidze and Mark Stoneking, along with a half dozen or so other colleagues, have studied the mitochondrial and Y-chromosome …
Simulated Linguistic Evolution In The Laboratory
About a week ago, I read and posted on a summary piece on cultural evolution research in PLoS Biology. The …
Can There Be A Synthesis Between Cultural And Biological Evolution?
Language is a product of culture. Or is it? Which came first — language or culture? That’s like asking if …
The Diversity of Languages in the Caucasus
The linguistic diversity of the Caucasus is a unique phenomenon, similar to that of New Guinea. There are approximately 6,000 …
“Cracking the Code,” Learn how to read and speak Mayan based off of Stela 3
I’ve been extremely busy this last week. Busy with finals and organizing my graduation ceremonies to keep up with blogging. …
David Harrison speaks about “When Languages Die”
About 9 months ago, I shared some news of language extinction and the conservation efforts of K. David Harrison and …
Pragmatic Systems Evident in Some Autism Patients
Robert Stainton at the University of Western Ontario and Jessica de Villiers of The University of British Columbia have recently …
Have you heard of World Atlas of Language Structures online?
About a week ago, Michael from Greater Blogazonia broke the news of the World Atlas of Language Structures Online (WALS) …
Check out “Cracking the Maya Code” on PBS airing Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 at 8 p.m.
For those of you out there interested in Mayan archeology and culture, or even those out there interested in how …
