Catherine Frieman

“One's genetic make-up offers no insight into the range of languages one might speak, nor which of these one considers their primary language,”

Catherine Frieman · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-27

Frieman commented on the limitations of using genetics to infer what languages ancient people spoke.

“I think we need to consider how multilingualism, including across language families, may have shaped or affected language spread and change,”

Catherine Frieman · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-27

Frieman emphasized the importance of considering multilingualism when studying how languages spread and change.

“this particular manuscript was largely designed to answer questions about population genomics,”

Catherine Frieman · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-27

Frieman clarified that the study was primarily designed to investigate population genomics rather than language.

“an interesting and welcome focus on [ancient] DNA from eastern Eurasia,”

Catherine Frieman · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-27

Frieman praised the study's focus on ancient DNA from eastern Eurasia.