Research Papers

Einkorn was one of the first crops domesticated in Southwest Asia and stands as an artifact of the spread of Indo-European languages.
Einkorn was one of the first crops domesticated in Southwest Asia and stands as an artifact of the spread of Indo-European languages.

St. Clair, Michael 2023. The Uto-Aztecan Language Family and its Trajectory into the Historical Record. Preprint. Stuttgart, Germany: The Genetic-Linguistic Interface Project. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29726.20800. Link to 2023 Uto Aztecan Paper

St. Clair, Michael R. 2021. “The Austronesian advantage: natural selection and linguistic diversity.” Humans 1: 11-17. Link to 2021 Austronesian Paper

St. Clair, Michael R. 2020. “Triangulated Y-chromosome analysis of the Korean language: a heuristic for exploring the prehistory of language.” The Genetic-Linguistic Interface Project.  Link to 2020 Korean Paper

St. Clair, Michael R. 2020. “What linguists should know about ancient DNA: A discussion of methods from the Genetic-Linguistic Interface Project.” The Genetic-Linguistic Interface Project. Link to 2020 Ancient DNA Paper

St. Clair, Michael R. 2017. “The co-evolution of agriculture, language and human genetic mutations.” Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 22(2): 229-239. Link to 2017 Co-Evolution Paper

St. Clair, Michael R. 2014. “Population genetics and the humanities: Crimean Goths and contemporary European Romani.” Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 19(1): 135-142. Link to 2014 Crimean Goths Paper

St. Clair, Michael R. 2012. Germanic Origins from the Perspective of the Y-chromosome. Ph.D. dissertation.  Link to 2012 Dissertation