Phylogenetic Methods and the Prehistory of Languages (McDonald Institute Monographs)

by Colin Renfrew (Editor), Colin Renfrew (Editor), Peter Forster (Editor)

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  2006

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  Evolutionary ('phylogenetic') trees were first used to infer lost histories nearly two centuries ago by manuscript scholars reconstructing original texts. Today, computer methods are enabling phylogenetic trees to transform genetics, historical linguistics and even the archaeological study of artefact shapes and styles.