Langages - Année 2002 - Volume 36 - Numéro 146 - Pages 80-90Recent and independent progresses achieved in population genetics and historical linguistics led to the comparison of their results on the origins and migrations of modern humans. Here we present and discuss several studies that show evidence for a strong link between genetic and linguistic differentiation among human populations at the continental scale. We further present the first results of our boundaries method, a new interdisciplinary approach used to compare genetic and linguistic data. 11 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.