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Профиль
Simon J. Greenhill
I study how languages and cultures evolve. Primarily with phylogenies and other assorted computational methods. Based at @Biology_UoA. Never met a language phylogeny or a cultural phylogeny I didn't like. #phylolinguistics
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Klawitter & @alexeidrummond.bsky.social introduce novel and efficient methods for estimating the credible level of individual tree topologies using tractable tree distributions, specifically conditional clade distribution (CCD). 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag141 #societyjournal #compbio
Bayesian credible sets for phylogenetic tree topologies with applications to coverage analysis and cross-model comparisonAbstract. Credible intervals and credible sets, such as highest posterior density intervals, form an integral statistical tool in Bayesian phylogenetics, bdoi.org
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Get excited :) PhyloSpec is coming! A shared standard + modelling language for phylogenetic models. Write a model once, run it across engines like BEAST X, BEAST 2.8 & RevBayes. Easy and reproducible. Built by @tochsner.bsky.social & collaborators (ETH Zürich, Auckland, LMU). phylospec.com
PhyloSpecA standardized way to describe phylogenetic model components, common assumptions, and best practices in the field of phylogenetics.phylospec.com
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New article!: The Origins and Evolution of Writing www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... 🧵1/
The Origins and Evolution of WritingFor centuries, scholars have debated the etiology and evolution of writing. The most persistent concerns relate to the relationship between writing and social organization, linguistic structure, and c...www.annualreviews.org
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The arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:
Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language DieWhen cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.www.newyorker.com⟳ Репост от Simon J. Greenhill
My brilliant colleagues at @e-l-p.bsky.social put so much knowledge, time, and care into responding to something no one should ever have to respond to. If you were deeply disgusted and troubled by @newyorker.com’s decision to publish this smug anti-Indigenous garbage, please read this.
A Response to “Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language Die” | Endangered Languages Projectendangeredlanguages.comEndangered Languages ProjectIf you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...
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Cultural Evolution of Perfumes since 1900 https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.19520 Perfumes are cultural artifacts and works of sensory art, composed from a finite, recombinable palette of notes that together evoke a distinctive scent impression. Here, we assemble the largest perfume corpus compiled ...📈🤖
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I have a new paper out in Science today with colleagues Damian Blasi, Marcus Hamilton, and Russell Gray. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
The rise and fall of language diversity through the HoloceneCharacterizing the factors that have shaped linguistic diversity is fundamental for understanding human history, culture, and cognition. In this study, we combined statistical and social computational...www.science.org