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unusual facts about Genetic relationship



Thura-Yura languages

The Yura or Thura-Yura languages are a group of Australian Aboriginal languages surrounding Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, that comprise a genetic language family of the Pama–Nyungan family.


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African admixture in Europe

Genetic distance is a measure used to compare the genetic relationship between populations.

Mustard plant

An interesting genetic relationship between many species of mustard has been observed, and is described as the Triangle of U.

Sprachbund

In a 1904 paper, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay emphasised the need to distinguish between language similarities arising from a genetic relationship and those arising from convergence due to language contact.