Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages.

ABSTRACT: The origin and early dispersal of speakers of Transeurasian languages-that is, Japanese, Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic-is among the most disputed issues of Eurasian population history^1-3. A key problem is the relationship between linguistic dispersals, agricultural expansions and population movements^4,5. Here we address this question by 'triangulating' genetics, archaeology and linguistics in a unified perspective. We report wide-ranging datasets from these disciplines, including a comprehensive Transeurasian agropastoral and basic vocabulary; an archaeological database of 255 Neolithic-Bronze Age sites from Northeast Asia; and a collection of ancient genomes from Korea, the Ryukyu islands and early cereal farmers in Japan, complementing previously published g

SUBMITTER: Robbeets M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8612925 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature