One of the most perplexing anomalies in uncovering our deep past is the incongruence between our population history suggested by physical anthropology (cranial, craniodental, molecular) on the one hand, and linguistic variation on the other. For a long time it was thought that populations gain and lose languages too rapidly to contain a significant population history signal. But that turns out to be largely wrong.
Phylogeny of Circumpolar Language Isolates
Phylogeny of Circumpolar Language Isolates
Phylogeny of Circumpolar Language Isolates
One of the most perplexing anomalies in uncovering our deep past is the incongruence between our population history suggested by physical anthropology (cranial, craniodental, molecular) on the one hand, and linguistic variation on the other. For a long time it was thought that populations gain and lose languages too rapidly to contain a significant population history signal. But that turns out to be largely wrong.