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Srinivas Mylavarapu
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Srinivas Mylavarapu is a 20th Century Indian linguist, who identified the as part of the greater Proto-Dravidian and Proto-Elamic family. Towards the later part of the 1990's, Dr.Mylavarapu began to study the biological, psychological, and physiological roots of language. He specifically researched the effects of internal emitters in mice , and how those emitters may one day lead to treatments of humans with language developmental problems. He currently researches and teaches at the University of Florida-Gainesville Early Life Dr. Mylavarpu was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India on September 2, 1960. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 14 and settled down in San Jose, California. After high school, he studied at a local community college, De Anza College. He then transferred to Penn State University, a year later. He completed his undergraduate degree (B.A) in sociology, and went to Harvard University to complete a masters in language and ethnic studies. He eventually went on to Oxford to gain a Ph.D in Lingustics and wrote a thesis on bronze age Indian migration patterns. Professional Career Mylavarapu soon became a researcher at San Jose State University, in San Jose, California. He made many key breakthroughs in the search for the origins of the Dravidian languages. He was hired by Stanford University to teach a seminar on South Indian culture, history, and heritage. Eventually he became a full time professor at the University of Florida, at Gainesville. At U.F.,Mylavarapu shifted his focus to the bio-psychology aspects of Lingusitics, and he researched on how certain genes, namely the FOX3 gene, impacted human language development. He also discovered how variations in language genes in different populations affected their languages. In 2000, he moved back to San Jose, California, and works as a consultant to multi-national businesses that do business in South Asia. Notable Discoveries * Discovered that the was a part of a greater family of Dravidian languages. * First to Hypothesize that the Dravidian languages may have African roots. * Demonstrated the link between alpha 113 genes and language impediments. * One of the first western scientists to discredit the Indian Aryan Invasion theory * Discovered that assistive devices in mice can enhance their communication ability by supplementing proteins normally derived from the FOX3 gene. Related Articles * Lynbrook High School, Dr. Mylavarpu's alma matter * Dravidian Language * Biomechanics * Language * Linguistics * Population 
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