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Leith

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5. It Doesn't Explain the Languages

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 01:52 PM

Aug 2015

There are several distinct language families that are as different from each other as Chinese is from English. If native Americans are one big ethnic group (which doesn't really seem plausible), how did the diverse languages arise? And are there any that seem to have a distant kinship with Asian or Australasian languages?

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Researchers suggest another ancestry for Native Americans (Boston Globe) [View all] eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 OP

The Pacific is vast... malthaussen Aug 2015 #1

Fascinating. eom BlueMTexpat Aug 2015 #2

I believe it. Turin_C3PO Aug 2015 #3

There's a lot of European DNA in the noreastern tribes starroute Aug 2015 #4

It Doesn't Explain the Languages Leith Aug 2015 #5

Well, there's a can of worms for certain ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #6

I met a Brazilian that once called me Matey. DeadEyeDyck Aug 2015 #7

Information loss. Igel Aug 2015 #8

That was quite a mini-lesson in linguistic origins. :) eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #12

Language is different than DNA. Someone whos settled in an area is more likely cstanleytech Aug 2015 #9

"when two ice sheets covering much of North and South America separated" muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #10

I missed this ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #11