Genetic and linguistic comparisons reveal complex sex-biased transmission of language features.

ABSTRACT: The history of people's movements and interactions shapes both genetic and linguistic variation. Genes and languages are transmitted separately and their distributions reflect different aspects of human history, but some demographic processes can cause them to be similarly distributed. In particular, forms of societal organization, including movements in and out of a community, may have shaped the transmission of both genes and languages. If children were more likely to learn their mother's language than their father's when their parents were from populations that spoke different languages or dialects, then language variation might show a closer association with maternally transmitted genetic markers than autosomal ones; this association could be further reinforced if children reside with

SUBMITTER: Pichkar Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11621847 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature