Investigating demic versus cultural diffusion and sex bias in the spread of Austronesian languages in Vietnam
Dinh Huong Thao, Trần Hữu Định, Shigeki Mitsunaga, La Duc Duy, Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Nguyễn Phương Anh, Nguyen Tho Anh, Bui Minh Duc, Huỳnh Thị Thu Huệ, Nguyễn Hải Hà, Nguyễn Đăng Tôn, Alexander Hübner, Brigitte Pakendorf, Mark Stoneking, Ituro Inoue, , Nông Văn Hải
This study analyzes genetic data from Austronesian and Austroasiatic groups in Vietnam to determine whether language spread was due to demic or cultural diffusion, finding evidence of both.
PLoS ONE · Jun 17, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics