Major Lineages Detected by the Network Approaches (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Major Lineages Detected by the Network Approaches

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The researchers were able to group the sign languages in the study into five main evolutionary lineages, similar to the usage of phylogenetic networks created in genetic research, revealing how the languages changed as they spread across Europe and into other parts of the world.

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Guido Grimm

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