Chiara Barbieri
@chiarabarbieri.bsky.social
Genetics at Uni Cagliari. Research Group "Human genetic diversity across languages and cultures" Uni Zurich.
our study has implication to understand language evolution, language acquisition, social dynamics in cultural evolution, and how in time of globalization extreme contact is eroding deeper layers of linguistic diversity. thx to @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
our study has implication to understand language evolution, language acquisition, social dynamics in cultural evolution, and how in time of globalization extreme contact is eroding deeper layers of linguistic diversity. thx to @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Some features are preferentially borrowed between languages under contact, while a minority of features preferentially diverge. In contact within the same macro geographic region, prosody is a feature that preferentially diverges: a signal of distinction and identity marking!
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Some features are preferentially borrowed between languages under contact, while a minority of features preferentially diverge. In contact within the same macro geographic region, prosody is a feature that preferentially diverges: a signal of distinction and identity marking!
... as we are using genetics as an independent source to spot instances of contact between populations that speak unrelated languages. The ADMIXTURE runs from K=2 to K=30 on a global set of 4768 individuals in 558 populations associated with 373 languages is already an interesting result itself!
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
... as we are using genetics as an independent source to spot instances of contact between populations that speak unrelated languages. The ADMIXTURE runs from K=2 to K=30 on a global set of 4768 individuals in 558 populations associated with 373 languages is already an interesting result itself!
Here the link to the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... . The project started in 2015 with the support of @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social, and developed with the support of @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Human population history on the North Coast of peru from Y chromosomes and mitogenomes - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Human population history on the North Coast of peru from Y chromosomes and mitogenomes
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Here the link to the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... . The project started in 2015 with the support of @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social, and developed with the support of @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
...The North Coast of Peru is an ancient center of development which saw the rise of some of the first complex societies in the continent, while the popular Tiwanako and Inca cultures followed later in the southern highlands. The archaeology and cultural heritage of this region is stunning! ...
July 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
...The North Coast of Peru is an ancient center of development which saw the rise of some of the first complex societies in the continent, while the popular Tiwanako and Inca cultures followed later in the southern highlands. The archaeology and cultural heritage of this region is stunning! ...
... and with an international team of geneticists to reconstruct the mtDNA and Y chromosome genealogies. Uniparental markers are still very useful, as ancient and modern comparative data for the region is available...
July 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
... and with an international team of geneticists to reconstruct the mtDNA and Y chromosome genealogies. Uniparental markers are still very useful, as ancient and modern comparative data for the region is available...
...while other genetic profiles are related to Peruvian and Ecuadorian groups. We also find a local signal of structure that match with linguistic and cultural boundaries already present at the time of the Moche empire. We worked with Matthias Urban for linguistic contextualization...
July 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
...while other genetic profiles are related to Peruvian and Ecuadorian groups. We also find a local signal of structure that match with linguistic and cultural boundaries already present at the time of the Moche empire. We worked with Matthias Urban for linguistic contextualization...
Here with Matthias Urban and Kurt Rademaker we cover the major linguistic, archaeological and genetic structural patterns of the Andes, focusing on interesting case studies where the disciplines tell us a coherent history.
Archaeolinguistics of the languages of the Andes
AbstractThis chapter discusses aspects of the prehistoric language dynamics of the Andes of South America. Featuring more than one hundred languages that b
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July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Here with Matthias Urban and Kurt Rademaker we cover the major linguistic, archaeological and genetic structural patterns of the Andes, focusing on interesting case studies where the disciplines tell us a coherent history.
Here with Paul Widmer we provide a review of how modern and ancient DNA data have been expanding our knowledge of human history, and which demographic scenarios can be meaningful for linguistic reconstructions. I recommend the read to linguists that want to expand on the field of genetics!
Advances in population genetics and language history: How large data sets and ancient DNA changed the picture
AbstractSince the development of genetic analysis for the study of population history, the discipline has been paired with linguistics to compare human dem
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July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Here with Paul Widmer we provide a review of how modern and ancient DNA data have been expanding our knowledge of human history, and which demographic scenarios can be meaningful for linguistic reconstructions. I recommend the read to linguists that want to expand on the field of genetics!