Problematic Use of Greenberg's Linguistic Classification of the Americas in Studies of Native American Genetic Variation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah A. (Weiss) Bolnick
Beth A. (Schultz) Shook
Lyle Campbell
Ives Goddard
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 75, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 519-522
Description
Presents evidence that Greenberg's classification of all Native American languages, except the Dene and Inuit-Aleut groups, into a single linguistic group causes problems. The article recommends the use of Campbell's (1997) classification system.