Maltese traditional cuisine reflects their genetic legacy from across the Mediterranean, and the close relationships with Sicily. The Maltese, who speak a Semitic language, represent a case of gene-language mismatch, being not so closely related to other speakers of their language family.
A global database helps explore the complex history of our genes and languages. Maltese traditional cuisine reflects their genetic legacy from across the Mediterranean, and the close relationships with Sicily. The Maltese, who speak a Semitic language, represent a case of gene-language mismatch, being not so closely related to other speakers of their language family. © 123RF | boggy22 - Does the history of our languages match the history of our genes? Charles Darwin thought yes, others said no. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the University of Zurich and Harvard University has put together GeLaTo, a global database linking linguistic and genetic data. They found a large number of matches but also widespread and systematic mismatches. More than 7000 languages are spoken in the world.
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