Languages & Genes Aren't Often Found Together
Similar to biology, linguistic diversity is passed on from one generation to the next. But has language evolved concurrently with genes as Charles Darwin first postulated?
An international team of researchers1 has now looked into this issue. The researchers have created a global database that links genetic and linguistic information. It has genetic data from almost 4,000 people who speak 295 languages and come from 397 genetic groupings.
The extent to which the language and genetic histories of groups corresponded was explo…
