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Deep history of cultural and linguistic evolution among Central African hunter-gatherers.
Padilla-Iglesias, Cecilia; Blanco-Portillo, Javier; Pricop, Bogdan; Ioannidis, Alexander G; Bickel, Balthasar; Manica, Andrea; Vinicius, Lucio; Migliano, Andrea Bamberg.
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  • Padilla-Iglesias C; Human Evolutionary Ecology Group, Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. cecilia.padillaiglesias@uzh.ch.
  • Blanco-Portillo J; Department for Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Pricop B; Department of Comparative Language Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Ioannidis AG; Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Bickel B; Department of Comparative Language Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Manica A; Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Vinicius L; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
  • Migliano AB; Human Evolutionary Ecology Group, Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nat Hum Behav ; 8(7): 1263-1275, 2024 Jul.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38802540
ABSTRACT
Human evolutionary history in Central Africa reflects a deep history of population connectivity. However, Central African hunter-gatherers (CAHGs) currently speak languages acquired from their neighbouring farmers. Hence it remains unclear which aspects of CAHG cultural diversity results from long-term evolution preceding agriculture and which reflect borrowing from farmers. On the basis of musical instruments, foraging tools, specialized vocabulary and genome-wide data from ten CAHG populations, we reveal evidence of large-scale cultural interconnectivity among CAHGs before and after the Bantu expansion. We also show that the distribution of hunter-gatherer musical instruments correlates with the oldest genomic segments in our sample predating farming. Music-related words are widely shared between western and eastern groups and likely precede the borrowing of Bantu languages. In contrast, subsistence tools are less frequently exchanged and may result from adaptation to local ecologies. We conclude that CAHG material culture and specialized lexicon reflect a long evolutionary history in Central Africa.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Evolución Cultural / Lenguaje / Lingüística Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Nat Hum Behav Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suiza Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Evolución Cultural / Lenguaje / Lingüística Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Nat Hum Behav Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suiza Pais de publicación: Reino Unido