Next generation phylogenetic modelling using machine learning

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The goal of phylogenetics is to draw inferences about the past from the diversity of the present. Although phylogenetics is best known from its application to the reconstruction of biological histories (from biodiversity), phylogenetic also has ramifications for the problem of reconstructing linguistic histories (from the world's linguistic diversity). The program I propose involves both biological and linguistic reconstructions. I hypothesize that the two problems have sufficient similarities to justify a joint study, but also have sufficient differences to foster innovation.