GELATO: GEnes and LAnguages TOgether

The GeLaTo dataset is a worldwide diversity panel of available population genetic samples matched with databases of linguistic, cultural and environmental diversity. Population genetic samples are assigned to existing GlottoCodes, following ethnolinguistic criteria: the data is filtered following the indication of geneticists, linguists, cultural anthropologists and historians. The dataset provides elaborated summary statistics such as genetic diversity within a population, genetic proximity between pairs of populations, sharing of identical motifs, and demographic history reconstructions.

Project team: Chiara Barbieri, Damián E. Blasi, Epifanía Arango-Isaza, Alexandros G. Sotiropoulos, Harald Hammarström, Sœren Wichmann, Simon J. Greenhill, Russell D. Gray, Robert Forkel, Balthasar Bickel, Kentaro K. Shimizu

Publications from this project

A global analysis of matches and mismatches between human genetic and linguistic histories.

Barbieri C, Blasi DE, Arango-Isaza E, Sotiropoulos AG, Hammarström H, Wichmann S, Greenhill SJ, Gray RD, Forkel R, Bickel B, & Shimizu KK. 2022. A global analysis of matches and mismatches between human genetic and linguistic histories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(47).

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@article{Barbieri2022,
  title = {A global analysis of matches and mismatches between human genetic and linguistic histories.},
  author = {Barbieri, Chiara and Blasi, Damián E. and Arango-Isaza, Epifanía and Sotiropoulos, Alexandros G. and Hammarström, Harald and Wichmann, Sœren and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D. and Forkel, Robert and Bickel, Balthasar and Shimizu, Kentaro K.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {119},
  number = {47},
  publisher = {National Academy of Sciences},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.2122084119},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/global-analysis-genetic-linguistic-histories/},
}

Do languages and genes share cultural evolutionary history?

Greenhill SJ. 2021. Do languages and genes share cultural evolutionary history? Science Advances, eabm2472.

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@article{Greenhill2021,
  title = {Do languages and genes share cultural evolutionary history?},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Science Advances},
  volume = {7},
  number = {41},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1126/sciadv.abm2472},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/do-languages-and-genes-share-history/},
}