Tracking the spread of early hunter-gatherers through language
Scientists have further evidence that an ancient family of languages spread over most of the Australian continent in the last 6000 years, rapidly replacing pre-existing languages. But the puzzle remains as to why.
Scientists have further evidence that an ancient family of languages spread over most of the Australian continent in the last 6000 years, rapidly replacing pre-existing languages. But the puzzle remains as to why.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Auckland – who are also research associates with the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany – and Yale University in the United States have adapted computer models, initially developed to trace virus outbreaks, and used them to trace the origins of the world’s largest hunter-gatherer language family – the Pama-Nyungan languages of Australia.
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/03/tracking-the-spread-of-early-hunter-gatherers-through-language/118711
