农民和他们的语言:第一个扩张
Jared Diamond1, Peter Bellwood
1Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524, USA. jdiamond@geog.ucla.edu
概括
冰河时代之后,农业的全球传播大大重塑了人类人口和语言. 了解这些复杂的人口变迁需要整合各种科学领域.
科学领域:
- 人类学是人类学.
- 考古学的考古学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 新石器时代的革命,以农业的兴起为标志,从根本上改变了人类的社会结构和移民模式.
- 早期的农业社会比先前的狩猎采集群体拥有显著的优势,影响了人口发展轨迹.
研究的目的:
- 探索由全球农业传播导致的复杂的人口和语言变化.
- 检查这些早期社会变化产生的具体案例研究和并发症.
- 突出未来研究中跨学科方法的必要性.
主要方法:
- 对与早期农业实践有关的考古证据的分析.
- 对历史语言数据和语言家族演变的研究.
- 整合了来自物理人类学和遗传学研究的发现.
- 对作物和牲畜化历史的审查.
主要成果:
- 自上个冰河时代以来,农业的不均发展是大规模人类迁徙的主要驱动因素.
- 随着农业的采用,大量的人口替代和语言分散.
- 农业,移民和语言多样化之间的相互作用是复杂和多方面的.
结论:
- 了解人类人口历史的进一步进展取决于综合来自多个科学学科的数据.
- 考古学家,遗传学家,语言学家,人类学家和农业科学家之间的跨学科合作至关重要.
- 研究早期粮食生产对人类社会的影响仍然是一个充满活力和不断发展的领域.
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